2020 History - Cultural History of India

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

• 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