With reference to the cultural history of India which one of the following is the correct descriptio...........

Culture of India Religious beliefs and Practises

With reference to the cultural history of India, which one of the following is the correct description of the term ‘paramitas’?

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UPSC CSP Previous Year Paper (2020)

The earliest Dharmashastra texts written in aphoristic (sutra) style.

Philosophical schools that did not accept the authority of Vedas.

Perfections whose attainment led to the Bodhisattva path

Powerful merchant guilds of early medieval south India.

Paramita is a Buddhist term often translated as "perfection". It is described in Buddhist commentaries as noble character qualities generally associated with enlightened beings.
Paramita in Mahayana Buddhism means any of the perfections, or transcendental virtues, practiced by bodhisattvas (“Buddhas-to-be”) in advanced stages of their path toward enlightenment.
These are 10 perfections, including generosity, compassion etc. on the completion of which one gets nearer the path of a Bodhisattva.

Hence option 3rd is correct.