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The eudaimonic perspective of happiness is defined as the highest good that one seeks and one ought to seek as the end in itself and not as a means to any other end. It results from a life based on virtuousness and contemplation. Psychological well-being (PWB) is the counterpart of SWB in the eudaimonic tradition.<ref name=":0" />
 
The eudaimonic perspective of happiness is defined as the highest good that one seeks and one ought to seek as the end in itself and not as a means to any other end. It results from a life based on virtuousness and contemplation. Psychological well-being (PWB) is the counterpart of SWB in the eudaimonic tradition.<ref name=":0" />
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== Etymology ==
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According to Shabdakalpadhruma<ref name=":2">Shabdakalpadhruma (See [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%86 आनन्दः])</ref> आनन्दः (ānandaḥ) means आह्लादः which in general means a state of happiness, joy, delight, pleasure. In Taittriya Upanishad, आनन्दं ब्रह्मणो विद्वान्न बिभेति कदाचन, and in Shatapata Brahmana, (10.3.5.13) आनन्द एवास्य विज्ञानमात्माऽऽनन्दात्मानो हैवं सर्वे देवाःananda refers to supreme bliss of felicity.<ref name=":3">Term [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/apte_query.py?qs=%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact Ananda] in Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary by V. S. Apte.</ref> It is used in the sense of God, Supreme Spirit (ब्रह्मन्) (said to be ''n.'' also in this sense; cf. विज्ञानमानन्दं ब्रह्म Bṛi. Up.3.9.28.).<ref name=":3" />
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The synonyms used for आनन्दः (ānandaḥ) are given as आबन्दथुः  (Abandathu), शर्म्म (Sharma), शातं (Shanta), सुखं (Sukha), सुत् (Sut), प्रीतिः (Priti), प्रमोदः (Pramoda), हर्षः (Harsha), प्रमदः (Pramada), आमोदः (Amoda), समदः (Samada) as per Amarakosha.<ref name=":2" />
    
== Model of Sukha in Upanishads ==
 
== Model of Sukha in Upanishads ==

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