Answer the following about the Purusharthas (“POO-roo-SHAR-thus”), which are Hinduism’s four “aims” of life, for 10 points each.
[10e] The aim of moksha (“MOKE-shuh”) involves escaping this process. Accumulating good karma affects this process in the cycle of samsara.
ANSWER: reincarnation [or rebirth; or punarbhava; or punabbhava; prompt on birth]
[10h] This aim is the accumulation of wealth and property. Because this aim also applies to good governance and economics, it names a treatise by the Mauryan statesman Kautilya (“KOH-til-yuh”).
ANSWER: artha (“ARR-tha”) [accept arthashastra]
[10m] The philosopher Vātsyāyana argued that this aim of pleasure was compatible with a moral life in a sutra known in the West for its discussion of intimacy and romance.
ANSWER: kama
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