Devdutt Pattanaik writes, illustrates and lectures on the relevance of mythology in modern times. He has, since 1996, written over thirty books and 700 columns on how stories, symbols and rituals construct the subjective truth (myths) of ancient and modern cultures around the world.
<p><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: open_sans; font-size: 16.5492px; text-align: center;">Artha-shastra is about generating food, i.e. wealth, by creating goods and services; Kama-shastra is about indulging our hungers with this food. Dharma-shastra insists we consider the hunger of others, while Moksha-shastra is about outgrowing our hungers, in order to be detached and generous. Together, these four Hindu shastras provide a framework within which human action, its purposes and consequences, can be defined; together, they validate human existence and give it meaning.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"var(--font-body)","serif"">In Dharma Artha Kama Moksha, Devdutt Pattanaik uses his unique understanding of mythology to provide an accessible and lucid guide to the Hindu way of thinking, with short essays that are crisp expositions of important concepts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><section id="shopify-section-template--16768202965284__main" class="shopify-section main-product-section" style="font-family: open_sans; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-size: 16.5492px;"><div class="product animation animation--product product--has-sticky-scroll is-visible" data-section-id="template--16768202965284__main" data-section-type="product" data-current-product-id="46922031137060" data-product-has-only-default-variant="true" data-enable-sticky-product-details="true" data-gallery-size="large" data-is-full-product="true" style="--swatch-size:48px; max-width: calc(var(--max-width) + calc(var(--space-outer) * 2)); margin-top: 0px; --product-meta-top:-161px;"><div class="product__bottom"><div class="left-side-blocks for-mobile" style="margin-top: 101.781px; padding: 0 var(--space-outer);"><div class="product__description product__block product__block--medium" style="width: 730.219px; margin-bottom: var(--spacing-6);"><div class="rte rte--product ff-body fs-body-100" style="font-weight: var(--font-body-weight); font-style: var(--font-body-style); line-height: var(--line-height-body); letter-spacing: var(--font-body-base-letter-spacing); font-size: 14px !important; text-align: center !important;"><div id="for_mobile_description" style="margin: var(--spacing-7) 0;"><div class="accordion " style="margin: var(--spacing-7) 0;"><div class="accordion__inner" data-index="" data-open="true" style="border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-border); margin: var(--spacing-7) 0;"><div class="accordion__content fs-body-100 rte non-page-rte measure" aria-hidden="false" id="accordion-content-description" style="padding-bottom: var(--spacing-6); font-size: var(--font-size-body-100); max-width: var(--max-width-narrow); margin: var(--spacing-7) 0;"><p style="font-family: var(--font-body); margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: var(--font-body-weight); font-style: var(--font-body-style); line-height: var(--line-height-body); letter-spacing: var(--font-body-base-letter-spacing);"><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><p><br style="font-family: open_sans; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-size: 16.5492px; text-align: center;"></p>
