page_title: Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha
hierarchical_section_title: Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha
caption_attribution_description: English: Head of the Buddha from Hadda, Central Asia, Gandhara art, Victoria and albert Museum (London)
context_page_description: Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha is a dictum or aphorism enunciated in the Rigveda in Sanskrit.
  Hinduism defines five basic traditional philosophical concepts and the fifth concept enjoined to be followed is the concept of "welfare of the many, the happiness of the many".
  Gautama Buddha in the fifth century B.C. suggested his disciples to work for the welfare and happiness of the masses under the same dictum. Numerous others such as the nineteenth-century Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda and Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher Sri Aurobindo also spoke on this aphorism.
  This aphorism is the motto of the All India Radio a National Public Service Broadcaster and its emblem depicts the motto.
context_section_description: Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha (translates to "for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many") is a dictum or aphorism enunciated in the Rigveda in Sanskrit. 
  Hinduism defines five basic traditional philosophical concepts and the fifth concept enjoined to be followed is the concept of "welfare of the many, the happiness of the many". 
  Gautama Buddha in the fifth century B.C. suggested his disciples to work for the welfare and happiness of the masses under the same dictum. Numerous others such as the nineteenth-century Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda and Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher Sri Aurobindo also spoke on this aphorism. 
  This aphorism is the motto of the All India Radio (AIR) a National Public Service Broadcaster and its emblem depicts the motto.
caption: Gautama Buddha in the fifth century B.C. suggested his disciples to work for the welfare and happiness of the masses under the dictum Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha.
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