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Puruṣārthas

The four aims of human life in Hindu thought: dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation.

Also: four aims of life

Vedānta and the Hindu traditions

The puruṣārthas are the four legitimate goals of human life: dharma, right conduct; artha, prosperity and power; kāma, pleasure and love; and mokṣa, liberation. The first three belong to life in the world, guided by dharma; the fourth transcends them. Classical texts discuss how they are to be balanced.