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Kartavya: Understanding Selfless Acts created by Namita Pande

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: ; Volume , number ,London Sage publications 2013Content type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: Kartavya is an important Indian cultural concept which governs social relationships in India. Kartavya expresses itself as a selfless act in the service of attainment of larger societal good. This article, at first, attempts to locate the concept of kartavya in the Indian religio-philosophical text and follows it up by examining how it is understood by lay people through three life narratives. Finally, an attempt is made to understand its nuanced meaning in relationship with the concepts of anÄ sakti and duty.
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Journal Article Journal Article Main Library - Special Collections BF1 PSY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Vol 25. No.1.pages 109-132 SP16965 Not for loan For Inhouse use only

Kartavya is an important Indian cultural concept which governs social relationships in India. Kartavya expresses itself as a selfless act in the service of attainment of larger societal good. This article, at first, attempts to locate the concept of kartavya in the Indian religio-philosophical text and follows it up by examining how it is understood by lay people through three life narratives. Finally, an attempt is made to understand its nuanced meaning in relationship with the concepts of anÄ sakti and duty.

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