UPSC Civil Services 2020 Prelims General Studies Paper I

Explanation

According to the cultural history of India, Paramitas were the perfections whose attainment led to the Bodhisattva path. Paramita, in Mahayana Buddhism, any of the perfections, or transcendental virtues, practiced by bodhisattvas in advanced stages of their path toward enlightenment.

The six virtues are generosity, morality, perseverance, vigour, meditation or concentration and wisdom. Some lists expand the virtues to 10 by adding skill in the means of helping others, profound resolution to produce enlightenment, perfection of the 10 powers, and practice of transcendent knowledge.