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==Common themes==
==Common themes==
Indian thinkers viewed philosophy as a practical necessity that needed to be cultivated in order to understand how life can best be led. It became a custom for Indian writers to explain at the beginning of philosophical works how it serves human ends ({{IAST|puruṣārtha}}).<ref>Chatterjee and Datta, p.12.
Indian thinkers viewed philosophy as a practical necessity that needed to be cultivated in order to understand how life can best be led. It became a custom for Indian writers to explain at the beginning of philosophical works how it serves human ends (puruṣārtha).Chatterjee and Datta, p.12.
The idea of, translated as "righteousness" or "the cosmic and social order" by Gavin Flood, Flood, pp. 45, 47. plays a pervasive role, as Chatterjee and Datta explain:
The idea of, translated as "righteousness" or "the cosmic and social order" by Gavin Flood, Flood, pp. 45, 47. plays a pervasive role, as Chatterjee and Datta explain:
