Basak, Jyotish C2021-10-082021-10-082021-030976-4496https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/4074The expression ‘puruṣārtha' is a very familiar jargon in Indian Philosophy and we often come across this term and also use this term without knowing well the debates that centre around it. It is also interesting to note that we do not find many books which deal exclusively with this concept and current debates. The only book that I found which exclusively deals with this issue is P. Nagaraja Rao’s The Four Values in Indian Philosophy and Culture: A Study of the Puruṣārthas....enArtha: It’s Meaning and Aetiology of Its Emergence as Central PuruṣārthaPhilosophical Papers Journal of Department of Philosophy, Vol. XVII, March-2021, pp. 65-83Article