Dharma, Artha, and Kama
idea · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Artha · Dharma · Kama · dharma, artha, and kāma
in the texts
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
The triad of virtue, wealth/success, and pleasure/love, named as attainments of a devoted wife.
Women acting thus, acquire Dharma, Artha, and Kama, obtain a high position, and generally keep their husbands devoted to them.
A person, acquainted with the true principles of this science, and who preserves his Dharma, Artha, and Kama, and has regard for the practices of the people, is sure to obtain the mastery over his senses.
"He who is acquainted with the true principles of this science pays regard to Dharma, Artha, Kama, and to his own experiences, as well as to the teachings of others, and does not act simply on the dictates of his own desire.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The classical triad of righteousness, prosperity, and pleasure, named as the fruits gathered through the ordered course of time.
dharma, artha, and kāma are all gathered together through the orderly course of time.
he is purified by the conjunction of dharma, artha, and kāma, O lord of monkeys.