[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) › c6.s3.47 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.s3.47 Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.s3.47 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s3.47) agreeable wife increases \*dharma\*, \*artha\* and \*kāma\* by giving birth to a son. Commenting in his own excellent way Govindarāja makes out \*dharma\* as of great importance in the list of \*puruṣārthas\*. He quotes also धर्मोहि धर्महेतुः अर्थहेतुः काम्यमानस्रक्चन्दनवनितादि हेतुश्च । \*Trivarga\* itself is compared here to a wife, with the qualities of agreeableness, friendliness and bringing forth a good son.¹ - [Previous: c6.s3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s3.46) - [Next: c6.s3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s3.48) - [Up: c6.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s3.47) · Pramāṇa