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Grammar Search

"hetu" has 2 results

hetu: neuter nominative singular stem: hetu

hetu: neuter accusative singular stem: hetu

Amarakosha Search

9 results

Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

bhāvaḥ	3.3.215	Masculine	Singular	janmahetuḥ, ādyopalabdhisthānam

bhrātṛvyaḥ	3.3.154	Masculine	Singular	śapathaḥ, jñānam, viśvāsaḥ, hetuḥ, randhraḥ, adhīnaḥ, śabdaḥ

hetuḥ		Masculine	Singular	kāraṇam, bījam	cause

hetuśūnyā	3.2.2	Feminine	Singular	vilakṣaṇam

kareṇuḥ	3.3.58	Feminine	Singular	pramātā, hetuḥ, maryādā, śāstreyattā

prāduḥ	3.3.264	Masculine	Singular	hetuḥ, avadhāraṇam

upalā	3.3.207	Feminine	Singular	sasyam, hetukṛtam

uta	3.3.251	Masculine	Singular	prakāśaḥ, ādiḥ, samāptiḥ, hetuḥ, prakaraṇam

vāsitā	3.3.82	Feminine	Singular	hetuḥ, lakṣma

Monier-Williams Search

99 results for hetu

hetu

m. "impulse", motive, cause, cause of, reason for (locative case,rarely dative case or genitive case; hetunā-, hetoḥ-, hetave-, hetau-,"for a cause or reason","by reason of","on account of"[with genitive case or compound exempli gratia, 'for example' mama hetoḥ-or mad-dhetoḥ-,"on account of me"]; kaṃ hetum-or ko heṭuḥ-,"wherefore?""why?"

; yato hetoḥ-,"because"; anena hetunā-or iti hetoḥ-,"for this reason"; mṛtyu-hetave-,"in order to kill"; hetur alaukikaḥ-,"a supernatural cause"; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' hetu-also ="having as a cause or motive","caused or effected or actuated or attracted or impelled by" exempli gratia, 'for example' karma-hetu-,"caused by the acts [of a former existence]"

; māṃsa-hetu-,"attracted by [the smell of] flesh"

; karma-phala-hetu-,"impelled by [the expectation of] the consequences of any act"

)

etc.

hetu

m. a logical reason or deduction or argument, the reason for an inference (especially applied to the second member or avayava- of the five-membered syllogismSee nyāya-)

hetu

m. logic (in generalSee hetuvidyā-)

hetu

m. (in gram.) the agent of the causal verb

hetu

m. (with Buddhists) primary cause (as opp. to pratyaya- q.v)

hetu

m. (with paśu-pati-s) that which causes the bondage of the soul id est the external world and the senses

hetu

m. a means (hetubhiḥ- in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'"by means of")

hetu

m. mode, manner (hetubhiḥ- in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'"according to")

hetu

m. price, cost

hetu

m. condition

hetu

m. (in rhetoric) equals kāvya-liṅga- (q.v)

hetubalika

mfn. strong in argument

hetudṛṣṭi

f. examination of reasons, scepticism

hetuduṣṭa

mfn. inconvincible by reasons, unreasonable (said of persons)

hetuhāni

f. omission of argument

hetuhetumadbhāva

m. the relation subsisting between cause and effect

hetuhila

n. a particular high number

hetuka

mf(ī-)n. (only in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') causing, effecting

hetuka

mf(ī-)n. caused or effected or conditioned by

etc.

hetuka

mf(ī-)n. destined for

hetuka

m. a cause, instrument, agent

hetuka

m. a logician

hetuka

m. Name of an attendant of śiva-

hetuka

m. of a buddha-

hetuka

m. of a poet

hetulakṣaṇa

n. the characteristics of a hetu-

hetulakṣaṇāloka

m. Name of work

hetulakṣaṇaprakāśa

m. Name of work

hetulakṣaṇaṭīkā

f. Name of work

hetulakṣaṇavivecana

n. Name of work

hetumat

mfn. having a reason or cause, proceeding from a cause

hetumat

mfn. accompanied with arguments, provided with reasons or proofs, well-founded

hetumat

mfn. having the hetu- (or second avayava- of a syllogism)

hetumat

mfn. controverted by arguments

hetumat

mfn. open to arguments, reasonable

hetumātramaya

mf(ī-)n. serving only as a pretext

hetumātratā

f. the being a mere pretext

heturūpaka

n. a metaphor accompanied with reasons (exempli gratia, 'for example' gāmbhīryeṇa samudro 'si-,"because of thy profundity thou art a sea")

hetuśāstra

n. (equals -vidyā-)

hetuśāstrāśraya

m. reliance on the science of dialectics

hetuśliṣṭa

n. ? (in rhetoric) the combining of causes (a method of describing similarity by using epithets common to two objects)

hetuśūnya

mfn. devoid of reason, unfounded

hetutā

hetutva

n. the state of being a hetu-, causation, causativeness, existence of cause or motive

hetutvakhaṇḍana

n. Name of work

hetuvacana

n. a speech accompanied with arguments

hetuvāda

m. a statement of reasons or arguments, assigning a cause, disputation

hetuvādika

m. a disputant, sceptic

hetuvādin

m. a disputant, sceptic

hetuvidyā

f. "science of causes", dialectics, logic (also -śāstra-)

hetuviśeṣokti

f. (in rhetoric) a"mention of difference" (See viś-) accompanied with reasons

hetuyukta

mfn. provided with reasons, well-founded

ahetu

m. absence of cause or reason

ahetu

m. not a real or sound argument

ahetu

m. (in rhetoric) a certain figure of speech.

ahetuka

mf(ā- )n. groundless.

ahetusama

m. a particular sophism tending to prove an argument to be untenable

ahetutva

n. (in Buddhist terminology) absence of cause or necessity

ahetuvāda

m. the doctrine of the cārvāka-s,

ahetuvādin

m. an adherent of it, ibidem or 'in the same place or book or text' as the preceding

aniṣṭahetu

m. an evil omen.

balavipulahetumati

n. Name of an asura-

bhagavadgītāhetunirṇaya

m. Name of work

bhaktihetunirṇaya

m. Name of work

bhayahetu

m. cause for fear, danger

citrahetu

m. a particular rhetoric fignre,

ghṛtahetu

m. "cause of ghee", butter

jīvanahetu

m. means of subsistence

kārakahetu

m. the efficient cause.

karmahetu

mfn. caused by acts, arising from acts.

karmaphalahetu

mfn. one who is actuated by the (thought of the) result of his acts,

madahetu

m. "cause of intoxication", Grislea Tomentosa

mahāhetu

m. or n. (?) a particular high number

mahāratnahetu

m. Name (also title or epithet) of a tathāgata-,

mokṣahetutāvāda

m. Name of work

mṛtyuhetu

m. cause of death

nimittahetu

m. the efficient cause

nimittahetutva

nirhetu

mfn. causeless, reasonless

nirhetutā

f. want of a cause or reason

nirhetutva

n. want of a cause or reason

niyamahetu

m. a regulating cause

parāmarśahetutāvicāra

m. Name of work

phalahetu

mfn. one who has results for a motive, acting with a view to roots

pratiyogijñānasyahetutvakhaṇḍana

n. Name of work

sadasadvyaktihetu

m. the cause of the discrimination between true and false or between good and bad

saddhetu

(for -hetu-) m. the existence of cause and effect

sahetu

mfn. having a cause or reason, well-founded, reasonable,

sahetuka

mfn. id

sahetuka

mfn. together with a reason

saṃketahetu

m. motive for an appointment or meeting

smṛtihetu

m. a cause of recollection, impression on the mind, association of ideas, recollection

sphoṭahetuka

m. Semecarpus Anacardium

svahetu

m. one's own cause, own sake (tunā-,"for one's own self")

svatvahetu

m. ground or cause of proprietary right

vikārahetu

m. "cause of perturbation", temptation, seduction

vināśahetu

mfn. being the cause of death

viśvahetu

m. the cause of all things (applied to viṣṇu-)

vṛttihetu

m. equals -mūla-

Apte Search

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hetuḥ	हेतुः [हि-तुन् Uṇ.1.73] 1 Cause, reason, object, motive; इति हेतुस्तदुद्भवे K. P.1; Māl.1.23; R.1.1; नीचैराख्यं गिरिमधिवसेस्तत्र विश्रामहेतोः Me.25; Ś.3.12. -2 Source, origin; स पिता पितरस्तासां केवलं जन्महेतवः R.1.24 'authors of their being'. -3 A means or instrument. -4 The logical reason, the reason for an inference, middle term (forming the second member of the fivemembered syllogism). -5 Logic, science of reasoning. -6 Any logical proof or argument. -7 A rhetorical reason (regarded by some writers as a figure of speech); it is thus defined :-- हेताहतुमता सार्धमभेदो हेतुरुच्यते. -8 (In gram.) The agent of the causal verb; P.I.4.55. -9 (with Buddhists) Primary cause. -1 (with Pāśupatas) The external world and senses (that cause the bondage of the soul). -11 Mode, manner. -12 Condition. -13 Price, cost; दीन्नाराणां दशशती पञ्चाशदधिकाभवत् । धान्यखारीक्रये हेतुर्देशे दुर्भिक्षविक्षते Rāj. T.5.71. (N. B. The forms हेतुना, हेतोः, rarely हेतौ, are used adverbially in the sense of 'by reason of', 'on account of', 'because of', with gen. or in comp.; तमसा बहुरूपेण वेष्टिताः कर्महेतुना Ms. 1.49; शास्त्रविज्ञानहेतुना; अल्पस्य हेतोर्बहु हातुमिच्छन् R.2.47; विस्मृतं कस्य हेतोः Mu.1.1. &c.). -Comp. -अपदेशः adducing the hetu (in the form of the five-membered syllogism). -अवधारणम् (in dram.) reasoning. -आक्षेप (in Rhet.) an objection accompanied with reasons; न स्तूयसे नरेन्द्र त्वं ददासीति कदाचन । स्वमेव मत्वा गृह्णन्ति यतस्त्वद्धन- मर्थिनः ॥ इत्येवमादिराक्षेपो हेत्वाक्षेप इति स्मृतः । Kāv.2.167-168. -आभासः 'the semblance of a reason', a fallacious middle term, fallacy; (it is of five kinds :-- सव्यभिचार or अनैकान्तिक, विरुद्ध, असिद्ध, सत्प्रतिपक्ष and बाधित). -उत्प्रेक्षा, -उपमा a simile accompanied with reasons. -उपक्षेपः, -उपन्यासः adducing a reason, statement of an argument. -कर्तृ m. the causal subject; याजयेदिति हेतुकर्तु रेवैतत् प्रत्यक्षं वचनम्, लक्षणया यजेः कर्तुः ŚB. on MS.1.8.39. -दुष्ट a. unreasonable. -दृष्टिः scepticism. -बलिक a. strong in argument. -युक्त a. well-founded. -रूपकम् a metaphor accompanied with reasons. -वादः 1 disputation, controversy. -2 fraud (कपट); न हेतुवादाल्लोभाद्वा धर्मं जह्यां कथंचन Mb.5.91.24. -3 assigning a cause (sceptically); न यक्ष्यन्ति न होष्यन्ति हेतुवादविमोहिताः Mb.3.19.26. -वादिन् 1 a disputant. -2 a sceptic. -विशेषोक्तिः a mention of difference accompanied with reasons; एकचक्रो रथो यन्ता विकलो विषमा हयाः । आक्रामत्येव तेजस्वी तथाप्यर्को नभस्तलम् ॥ सैषा हेतुविशेषोक्तिस्तेजस्वीति विशेषणात् ॥ Kāv.2.328-329. -शास्त्रम् a logically-treated work, any beretical work questioning the authority of Smṛitis or revelation; यो$वमन्येत ते मूले हेतुशास्त्राश्रयाद् द्विजः Ms.2.11. -हेतुमत् m. du. cause and effect. ˚भावः the relation existing between cause and effect.

hetuka	हेतुक a. 1 Causing, producing (at the end of comp.). -2 Destined for. -कः 1 A cause, reason. -2 An instrument. -3 A logician; Ms.12.111.

hetumat	हेतुमत् a. 1 Having a reason or cause. -2 Having the hetu. -m. An effect.

hetutā	हेतुता त्वम् Causation, the existence of cause.

hetuvannigadaḥ	हेतुवन्निगदः A prose (Vedic) statement supplying or stating the purpose; असति हेतौ न ह्यत्रानुयाजान् यक्ष्यन् भवतीति हेतुवन्निगदो नोपपद्येत । ŚB. on MS.4.1.41.

sahetu	सहेतु a. Well-founded, reasonable.

Macdonell Vedic Search

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hetu	he-tú, m. cause: ab. hetós for the sake of, x. 34, 2 [impulse: hi impel].

Macdonell Search

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hetu	m. [impulse: √ hi] cause, motive, of (lc., --°ree;, rarely d., g.; very rare in V.); C.: reason, argument, proof (in logic = second part of the five-membered syllogism); means; price (rare); condition, sine quâ non (of sub sistence); manner (rare); agent of the causa tive verb (gr.); primary cause (opp. pratyaya, secondary cause: B.); cause of the bondage of the soul, world of sense, nature (among the Pâsupatas); short speech setting forth the requisite conditions for the attainment of an end (dr.): in. hetunâ, ab. g. hetoh, rarely also d. or lc., for a cause or reason, by reason of, on account of (g., --°ree;); yato hetoh, because; iti hetoh, for this reason; --°ree; a. having -as a cause, caused, impelled, or attracted by: -ka, (--°ree;) a. (î) causing, producing; caused or produced by; -tâ, f. causation; -tva, n. id.; state of being the reason orthe primary cause; agency of the causal verb; -mat, a. having a cause, caused; provided with reasons or proofs, well-founded; open to argument; -mâtra-tâ, f. condition of being a mere means; -mâtra-maya, a. serving only as a means; -rûpaka, n. reasoned metaphor; -vidyâ, f. dialectics, logic; -sâstra, n. id.

ahetuka	a. unfounded.

Dictionary of Sanskrit Search

"hetu" has 3 results

hetu(1)	cause: cf नतेः परस्योभयहेतुसंग्रहात् Ṛgvedaprātiśākhya by Śaunaka ( Sanskrit Sāhityapariṣad Edition, Calcutta.)XI.2: also confer, compareहेतौ P. II.3.23; हेतुहेतुमतोर्लिङ् P.III.3. 126; (2) causal agent confer, compare यः कारयति स हेतुः Kat. II. 4.15: confer, compare also तत्प्रयोजको हेतुश्च P. I. 4.55.

hetumaṇṇic	the affix णिच् added to a root in the sense of the activity of the causal agent; see हेतुमत् a reference to some preceding word, not necessarily on the same page.; confer, compare तत्र हेतुमण्णिचः प्रतिषेधः .P. I.1. 62, Vart. 7.

hetumat	the activity of the causal agent to express which a root has the affix णिच् added to it: confer, compare हेतु: स्वतन्त्रस्य कर्तुः प्रयोजकः । तदीयो व्यापार: प्रेषणादिलक्षणो हेतुमान् ， तस्मिन्नमिधेये धातोर्णिच् स्यात् \| Kāśikā of Jayāditya and Vāmana. on P. III. 1.26.

Vedabase Search

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hetu	because of	CC Antya 16.100

		CC Madhya 24.161

hetu	cause	CC Adi 2.93

		CC Adi 3.110

		SB 8.9.28

hetu	causes	CC Madhya 24.79

		SB 10.40.1

hetu	for the matter of	CC Adi 9.3

		CC Madhya 1.191

hetu	for the reason	CC Adi 11.57

		CC Madhya 8.217

hetu	reason	CC Adi 17.75

		CC Adi 2.39

		CC Adi 4.102

		CC Adi 4.104

		CC Adi 4.195

		CC Adi 4.53

		CC Adi 4.6

hetu	reason	CC Adi 4.6

		CC Madhya 24.105

hetu	reasons	CC Adi 4.15-16

		CC Adi 4.39

hetu	the cause	CC Adi 3.92

		CC Adi 4.248

		CC Madhya 25.51

hetu	the predominating deities of sensory activities	SB 5.18.37

hetu	the reason	CC Adi 4.53

		CC Madhya 9.34

hetu-lakṣaṇam	the symptoms of the causes	SB 2.8.19

hetu-lakṣaṇam	the symptoms of the causes	SB 2.8.19

hetu-madbhiḥ	with cause and effect	BG 13.5

hetu-madbhiḥ	with cause and effect	BG 13.5

hetu-śabde	by the word hetu	CC Madhya 24.27

hetu-śabde	by the word hetu	CC Madhya 24.27

hetubhiḥ	by apparent symptoms	SB 11.7.23

hetubhiḥ	by symptoms	SB 10.62.25-26

hetubhiḥ	by the causes	SB 10.70.4-5

hetubhiḥ	by the principles	SB 12.3.24

hetubhiḥ	causes, or bases of achievement	Bs 5.5

hetubhiḥ	with explanations about the origins	SB 10.49.15

hetuḥ	because of	SB 11.8.27

hetuḥ	because of this	SB 8.12.4

hetuḥ	cause	BG 2.47

		SB 10.48.21

		SB 10.81.33

		SB 4.22.21

hetuḥ	He who is the cause	SB 10.69.45

hetuḥ	the cause	SB 10.1.51

		SB 10.63.38

		SB 10.68.45

		SB 11.15.35

		SB 11.22.33

		SB 11.22.42

		SB 11.23.42

		SB 11.23.50

		SB 11.23.51

		SB 11.23.52

		SB 11.23.54

		SB 11.23.55

		SB 11.3.35

		SB 11.6.15

		SB 11.9.25

		SB 12.7.18

		SB 3.16.37

		SB 3.23.55

		SB 8.12.7

		SB 8.19.25

hetuḥ	the cause of all causes	SB 7.7.19-20

hetuḥ	the instrument	BG 13.21

hetuḥ	the instrument	BG 13.21

hetuḥ	the means for achieving the goal of life	SB 11.19.2

hetuḥ	the motivation (for the living entities' involvement in material activities)	SB 12.7.9-10

hetuḥ	the reason	SB 12.2.3

hetuḥ	the ultimate cause	SB 11.28.18

hetuḥ	there is any cause	SB 9.24.57

hetukam	having as the motive	SB 11.16.7

hetukatvāt	from being the cause	SB 8.17.17

hetum	cause	SB 9.16.17

hetum	over logical reasons	SB 11.22.5

hetum	the cause	SB 10.40.1

		SB 10.63.25

		SB 10.63.44

		SB 6.12.9

hetum	the original cause	SB 5.5.9

hetum	the reason	SB 6.13.3

hetunā	due to some cause	SB 2.8.7

hetunā	for the purpose	SB 11.7.27

hetunā	for the reason	BG 9.10

hetunā	ground	SB 1.4.3

hetunā	on account of	SB 4.21.30

hetura	of the reason	CC Adi 4.159

hetura	of the reason	CC Adi 4.159

hetuṣu	on account of	SB 4.29.32

hetuṣu	which are the causes	SB 11.21.24

hetutayā	as their motivation	SB 10.87.19

hetutvam	the cause	SB 3.28.36

hetutvāt	because of originating	SB 10.54.46

abhadra-hetuḥ	cause of all ill fortune	SB 1.15.36

kṛṣṇa-kṛpā-ādi-hetu	the reason of Kṛṣṇa's mercy	CC Madhya 24.205

ahetu-vit	not understanding the reason	SB 10.13.35

ahetuḥ	having no cause	SB 10.63.38

ahetuḥ	itself without cause	SB 11.3.35

akarma-hetum	the cause of the end of fruitive activities	SB 5.6.14

akhila-hetum	unto the cause of all causes	SB 8.24.61

ananya-hetuṣu	having no other cause	SB 3.27.30

ananya-hetuḥ	the exclusive cause	SB 11.31.13

anya hetu	another cause	CC Madhya 10.173

saṃsṛti-hetu-bhūtayā	who is the source of increasing material conditions	SB 8.22.9

brahma-hetunā	due to realization of the Absolute Truth	SB 3.33.24-25

gaura-sukha-dāna-hetu	for giving happiness to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu	CC Antya 6.9

dharma-hetuḥ	the cause of advancement in spiritual life	SB 7.13.9

dharma-sthāpana-hetu	to establish the principles of religion	CC Madhya 17.185

gaura-sukha-dāna-hetu	for giving happiness to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu	CC Antya 6.9

saṃsāra-hetu	the cause of the conditioned state of existence	SB 2.2.6

saṃsṛti-hetu-bhūtayā	who is the source of increasing material conditions	SB 8.22.9

mūla hetu	the root cause	CC Adi 4.54

kṛṣṇa-sukha-hetu	for the purpose of Lord Kṛṣṇa's happiness	CC Adi 4.167-169

kṛṣṇa-sukha-hetu	for the purpose of Lord Kṛṣṇa's happiness	CC Adi 4.174

kṛṣṇa-sukha-hetu	for the purpose of Lord Kṛṣṇa's happiness	CC Adi 4.175

sukha-hetu	cause of happiness	CC Adi 4.218

kartā-hetu	the original cause	CC Adi 5.62

nimitta-hetu	original cause	CC Adi 5.63

nimitta-hetu	original cause	CC Adi 6.14-15

prāpti-hetu	the means by which He can be approached	CC Adi 7.141

nistāra-hetu	for the matter of deliverance	CC Adi 13.68

jīva-hetu	for the enlightenment of the conditioned soul	CC Madhya 6.175

anya hetu	another cause	CC Madhya 10.173

sei hetu	for that reason	CC Madhya 16.278

dharma-sthāpana-hetu	to establish the principles of religion	CC Madhya 17.185

uddhāra-hetu	the cause of release	CC Madhya 20.64

sṛṣṭi-hetu	for the purpose of creation	CC Madhya 20.263

nimitta-hetu	the efficient cause	CC Madhya 20.271

vivṛta-hetu	with its expanded cause	CC Madhya 20.316

kṛṣṇa-kṛpā-ādi-hetu	the reason of Kṛṣṇa's mercy	CC Madhya 24.205

kṛpā-hetu	because of mercy	CC Antya 1.205

nistārera hetu	causes of the deliverance of all people	CC Antya 2.3

tāhāra hetu	the cause of such deliverance	CC Antya 3.51

saṃsāra-tāraṇa-hetu	for delivering the entire world	CC Antya 5.150

tāńra sukha-hetu	for His happiness	CC Antya 6.8

gaura-sukha-dāna-hetu	for giving happiness to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu	CC Antya 6.9

vivṛta-hetu	with its expanded cause	Bs 5.46

viveka-hetubhiḥ	by discriminating, logical arguments	SB 11.28.23

saṃsṛti-hetubhiḥ	by the causes of material existence	SB 11.28.26

abhadra-hetuḥ	cause of all ill fortune	SB 1.15.36

toṣa-hetuḥ	the cause of pleasure to the Lord	SB 5.19.7

tat hetuḥ	the cause of all causes	SB 6.4.30

dharma-hetuḥ	the cause of advancement in spiritual life	SB 7.13.9

ananya-hetuḥ	the exclusive cause	SB 11.31.13

mukti-hetuka	the cause of liberation	CC Antya 3.257

akarma-hetum	the cause of the end of fruitive activities	SB 5.6.14

akhila-hetum	unto the cause of all causes	SB 8.24.61

brahma-hetunā	due to realization of the Absolute Truth	SB 3.33.24-25

ananya-hetuṣu	having no other cause	SB 3.27.30

sarva-hetuṣu	all causative existences	SB 8.3.5

jīva-hetu	for the enlightenment of the conditioned soul	CC Madhya 6.175

kartā-hetu	the original cause	CC Adi 5.62

kṛṣṇa-kṛpā-ādi-hetu	the reason of Kṛṣṇa's mercy	CC Madhya 24.205

kṛpā-hetu	because of mercy	CC Antya 1.205

kṛṣṇa-sukha-hetu	for the purpose of Lord Kṛṣṇa's happiness	CC Adi 4.167-169

kṛṣṇa-sukha-hetu	for the purpose of Lord Kṛṣṇa's happiness	CC Adi 4.174

kṛṣṇa-sukha-hetu	for the purpose of Lord Kṛṣṇa's happiness	CC Adi 4.175

kṛṣṇa-kṛpā-ādi-hetu	the reason of Kṛṣṇa's mercy	CC Madhya 24.205

mukti-hetuka	the cause of liberation	CC Antya 3.257

mūla hetu	the root cause	CC Adi 4.54

nimitta-hetu	original cause	CC Adi 5.63

nimitta-hetu	original cause	CC Adi 6.14-15

nimitta-hetu	the efficient cause	CC Madhya 20.271

nistāra-hetu	for the matter of deliverance	CC Adi 13.68

nistārera hetu	causes of the deliverance of all people	CC Antya 2.3

prāpti-hetu	the means by which He can be approached	CC Adi 7.141

saṃsāra-hetu	the cause of the conditioned state of existence	SB 2.2.6

saṃsāra-tāraṇa-hetu	for delivering the entire world	CC Antya 5.150

saṃsṛti-hetu-bhūtayā	who is the source of increasing material conditions	SB 8.22.9

saṃsṛti-hetubhiḥ	by the causes of material existence	SB 11.28.26

sarva-hetuṣu	all causative existences	SB 8.3.5

sei hetu	for that reason	CC Madhya 16.278

sṛṣṭi-hetu	for the purpose of creation	CC Madhya 20.263

dharma-sthāpana-hetu	to establish the principles of religion	CC Madhya 17.185

kṛṣṇa-sukha-hetu	for the purpose of Lord Kṛṣṇa's happiness	CC Adi 4.167-169

kṛṣṇa-sukha-hetu	for the purpose of Lord Kṛṣṇa's happiness	CC Adi 4.174

kṛṣṇa-sukha-hetu	for the purpose of Lord Kṛṣṇa's happiness	CC Adi 4.175

sukha-hetu	cause of happiness	CC Adi 4.218

tāńra sukha-hetu	for His happiness	CC Antya 6.8

gaura-sukha-dāna-hetu	for giving happiness to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu	CC Antya 6.9

tāhāra hetu	the cause of such deliverance	CC Antya 3.51

tāńra sukha-hetu	for His happiness	CC Antya 6.8

saṃsāra-tāraṇa-hetu	for delivering the entire world	CC Antya 5.150

tat hetuḥ	the cause of all causes	SB 6.4.30

toṣa-hetuḥ	the cause of pleasure to the Lord	SB 5.19.7

uddhāra-hetu	the cause of release	CC Madhya 20.64

ahetu-vit	not understanding the reason	SB 10.13.35

viveka-hetubhiḥ	by discriminating, logical arguments	SB 11.28.23

vivṛta-hetu	with its expanded cause	CC Madhya 20.316

vivṛta-hetu	with its expanded cause	Bs 5.46

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hetu	noun (masculine) (in gram.) the agent of the causal verb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) (in rhet.) kāvyaliṅga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) (with Buddhists) primary cause (as opp. to pratyaya) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) (with Paśupatas) that which causes the bondage of the soul (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a logical reason or dedaction or argument (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a means (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) cause (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) cause of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) condition (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) cost (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) logic (in general) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) manner (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) mode (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) motive (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) price (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) reason for (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the external world and the senses (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the reason for an inference (esp. applied to the second member or Avayava of the five-membered syllogism) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 242/72933

hetuka	noun (masculine) a cause (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a logician (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) agent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) instrument (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a Buddha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a poet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of an attendant of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 13894/72933

hetuka	adjective caused or effected or conditioned by (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) causing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) destined for (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) effecting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 4830/72933

hetumant	adjective accompanied with arguments (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) controverted by arguments (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) having a reason or cause (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) having the Hetu (or second Avayava of a syllogism) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) open to arguments (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) proceeding from a cause (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) provided with reasons or proofs (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) reasonable (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) well-founded (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 5195/72933

hetumant	noun (masculine) name of a Marut (?) Frequency rank 72677/72933

hetumattara	adjective Frequency rank 72678/72933

heturūpaka	noun (neuter) a metaphor accompanied with reasons (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 72679/72933

hetutva	noun (neuter) Frequency rank 8059/72933

hetutā	noun (feminine) causation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) causativeness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) existence of cause or motive (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the state of being a hetu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 12305/72933

hetuvāda	noun (masculine) a statement of reasons or arguments (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) assigning a cause (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) disputation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 15368/72933

hetuvādin	noun (masculine) a disputant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) sceptic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 31302/72933

ahetu	noun (masculine) (in rhetoric) a certain figure of speech (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) absence of cause or reason (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) not a real or sound argument (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 5901/72933

ahetuka	adjective groundless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 9129/72933

ahetutva	noun (neuter) (in Buddhist terminology) absence of cause or necessity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 26883/72933

ahetumant	adjective Frequency rank 15504/72933

ahetusama	noun (masculine) a particular sophism tending to prove an argument to be untenable (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 46132/72933

āhetuka	adjective Frequency rank 33235/72933

etatpurāṇapravṛttihetunirūpaṇa	noun (neuter) name of Garuḍapurāṇa 1.1 Frequency rank 48059/72933

kiṃhetu	adjective having which cause? Frequency rank 49501/72933

ditihetu	noun (masculine) zinc Frequency rank 54415/72933

nirhetu	adjective causeless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) reasonless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 56358/72933

nirhetuka	adjective grundlos Frequency rank 28722/72933

madanīyahetu	noun (masculine) Name einer Pflanze (vgl. madahetu) Frequency rank 37990/72933

madahetu	noun (masculine) Grislea Tomentosa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 61298/72933

rītihetu	noun (masculine) yasada Frequency rank 63692/72933

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hetu	cause; aetiology.
vyanjakahetu	a factor exciting a doṣa leading to disease.

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hetu	uddeśyaḥ, prayojanam, hetuḥ yat uddiśya kāryasya pravṛttir bhavati। vinā uddeśyaṃ kāryaṃ na pravartate।
hetu	kāraṇam, hetuḥ, nimittam, mūlam yena vinā kāryaṃ na pravartate phalasvarūpam āpnoti vā। dhūmasya kāraṇam agniḥ asti।
hetu	vādaḥ, vicāraḥ, vivādaḥ, vādānuvādaḥ, vipratipattiḥ, vitarkaḥ, vādayuddhaṃ, hetuvādaḥ kamapi viṣayamadhikṛtya khaṇḍanamaṇḍanātmikā carcā। atyadhikena vādena kāryaṃ naśyati।
hetu	apadeśaḥ, vyapadeśaḥ, chalam, mithyāhetuḥ, paryupāsanam svarakṣaṇārtham athavā kiñcit pramāṇayitum pravṛttā asatyā kṛtiḥ। saḥ śirovedanāyāḥ apadeśena vidyālayaṃ na agacchat।
hetu	ahetuka, akāraṇa, animitta, ahetu, anaimittika yasya kāraṇaṃ nāsti। ahetukyā cintayā kim।
hetu	kāraṇam, hetuḥ, nimittam yat pramāṇīkriyate। nyāyanipuṇaḥ kāraṇam anviṣyati।
hetu	hetuḥ ekaḥ arthālaṅkāraḥ। hetave kāraṇam eva kāryarūpeṇa darśyate।
hetu	hetuvādaḥ, kāraṇavādaḥ, haitukatvam saḥ vādaḥ yasmin kevalaṃ buddheḥ sammatāḥ viṣayāḥ svīkṛtāḥ। hetuvādaḥ buddheḥ mahatvaṃ pratipādayati।
hetu	ahetuḥ sāhityaśāstre alaṅkāraviśeṣaḥ। kāraṇasya vidyamānatve api yatra kāryasya abhāvaḥ vartate tatra ahetuḥ bhavati।

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