What is the main idea of the edict?
read the excerpt from the edicts of ashoka.

they (my officers) work among soldiers, chiefs, householders, the poor, the aged—for their welfare and happiness—so that they may be free from harassment. the officers work for the proper treatment of prisoners, towards their unfettering, and if the officers think, "this one has a family to support," "that one has been bewitched," "this one is old," then they work for the release of such prisoners. they work here, in outlying towns, in the women's quarters belonging to my brothers and sisters, and among my other relatives. they are occupied everywhere.

All citizens should be free from mistreatment and harassment.

the percentage of students at the school need special diets is

c) 10 percent

atman means 'eternal self'. the atman refers to the real self beyond ego or false self. it is often referred to as 'spirit' or 'soul' and indicates our true self or essence which underlies our existence.

there are many interesting perspectives on the self in hinduism ranging from the self as eternal servant of god to the self as being identified with god. the understanding of the self as eternal supports the idea of reincarnation in that the same eternal being can inhabit temporary bodies.

the idea of atman entails the idea of the self as a spiritual rather than material being and thus there is a strong dimension of hinduism which emphasises detachment from the material world and promotes practices such as asceticism. thus it could be said that in this world, a spiritual being, the atman, has a human experience rather than a human being having a spiritual experience.

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