The Hindu Economic System

• Authors: Andreea Grădinaru , Mihaela Iavorschi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Hinduism is above all a way of life and a philosophy of life. Looking more closely, we can see that in India life and religion are inseparable. The objective of this paper is to analyze the influences of religion, in time, on the economic growth of India, a continuously changing country. The Indian economy is an economy of contrasts due to its caste system and its legal aspects that govern the society and which have been imposed since ancient times. After analyzing the Hindu culture and civilization and seeing the impact of religion in the social sphere, we can say that, indeed, Hinduism represents a part of the socio-economic system, a way of life. This country was contemporary with the glory of Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome and it saw all of them disappear. No doubt that it is hiding a secret in its way of life and in its spirituality. The secret of life without death, which India knows, results from the primacy of the spirituality.

Keywords

EN

Hinduism; Caste; Asthabastra Economic System

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human and Social Studies
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 41-58

Dates

published

2013-06-01

online

2013-07-05

Contributors

author

Andreea Grădinaru

• Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, 22, Carol I Boulevard, Iasi, 700505, Romania

author

Mihaela Iavorschi

• “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/hssr-2013-0003