hetu | हेतु | hetu
hetu/ | हेतु/ | &c. See p. 1303, col. 3.
hetu/ | हेतु/ | m. ‘impulse’, motive, cause, cause of, reason for (loc., rarely dat. or gen.; hetunā | हेतुना |, hetoḥ | हेतोः |, hetave | हेतवे |, hetO | हेत्O |, ‘for a cause or reason’, ‘by reason of’, ‘on account of’ [with gen. or comp., e.g. mama hetoḥ | मम हेतोः | or mad-ḍetoḥ | मद्-डेतोः |, ‘on account of me’]; kaṃ hetum | कं हेतुम् | or ko hetuḥ | को हेतुः |, ‘wherefore?’ ‘why?’, Pāṇ. ii, 2, 23; Pat.; yato hetoḥ | यतो हेतोः |, ‘because’; anena hetunā | अनेन हेतुना | or iti hetoḥ | इति हेतोः |, ‘for this reason’; mftyu-hetave | म्फ़्त्यु-हेतवे |, ‘in order to kill’; hetur alOkikaḥ | हेतुर् अल्Oकिकः |, ‘a supernatural cause’; ifc. hetu | हेतु | also = ‘having as a cause or motive’, ‘caused or effected or actuated or attracted or impelled by’ e.g. karma-hetu | कर्म-हेतु |, ‘caused by the acts [of a former existence]’, Mn. i, 49; māṃsa-hetu | मांस-हेतु |, ‘attracted by [the smell of] flesh’, MBh. x, 496; karma-Pala-hetu | कर्म-Pअल-हेतु |, ‘impelled by [the expectation of] the consequences of any act’, BhP. ii, 47; 49), RV. &c. &c.
a logical reason or deduction or argument, the reason for an inference (esp. applied to the second member or Avayava of the five-membered syllogism See nyāya | न्याय |), Nyāyad.; IW. 61
logic (in general See hetuvidyā | हेतुविद्या |)
(in gram.) the agent of the causal verb, Pāṇ. i, 4, 55 &c.
(with Buddhists) primary cause (as opp. to pratyaya | प्रत्यय |, q.v.), Sarvad.
(with Paśu-patis) that which causes the bondage of the soul i.e. the external world and the senses, ib.
a means (hetuBiḥ | हेतुBइः | ifc. ‘by means of’), MBh.
mode, manner (hetuBiḥ | हेतुBइः | ifc. ‘according to’), ib.; Suśr.; Yājñ.
price, cost, Rājat. v, 71
condition, MBh.
(in rhet.) = kāvya-liṇga | काव्य-लिण्ग | (q.v.), Bhar.; Kpr.; Sāh.
hetu/ | हेतु/ | m. ‘impulse’, motive, cause, cause of, reason for (loc., rarely dat. or gen.; hetunā | हेतुना |, hetoḥ | हेतोः |, hetave | हेतवे |, hetO | हेत्O |, ‘for a cause or reason’, ‘by reason of’, ‘on account of’ [with gen. or comp., e.g. mama hetoḥ | मम हेतोः | or mad-ḍetoḥ | मद्-डेतोः |, ‘on account of me’]; kaṃ hetum | कं हेतुम् | or ko hetuḥ | को हेतुः |, ‘wherefore?’ ‘why?’, Pāṇ. ii, 2, 23; Pat.; yato hetoḥ | यतो हेतोः |, ‘because’; anena hetunā | अनेन हेतुना | or iti hetoḥ | इति हेतोः |, ‘for this reason’; mftyu-hetave | म्फ़्त्यु-हेतवे |, ‘in order to kill’; hetur alOkikaḥ | हेतुर् अल्Oकिकः |, ‘a supernatural cause’; ifc. hetu | हेतु | also = ‘having as a cause or motive’, ‘caused or effected or actuated or attracted or impelled by’ e.g. karma-hetu | कर्म-हेतु |, ‘caused by the acts [of a former existence]’, Mn. i, 49; māṃsa-hetu | मांस-हेतु |, ‘attracted by [the smell of] flesh’, MBh. x, 496; karma-Pala-hetu | कर्म-Pअल-हेतु |, ‘impelled by [the expectation of] the consequences of any act’, BhP. ii, 47; 49), RV. &c. &c.
a logical reason or deduction or argument, the reason for an inference (esp. applied to the second member or Avayava of the five-membered syllogism See nyāya | न्याय |), Nyāyad.; IW. 61
logic (in general See hetuvidyā | हेतुविद्या |)
(in gram.) the agent of the causal verb, Pāṇ. i, 4, 55 &c.
(with Buddhists) primary cause (as opp. to pratyaya | प्रत्यय |, q.v.), Sarvad.
(with Paśu-patis) that which causes the bondage of the soul i.e. the external world and the senses, ib.
a means (hetuBiḥ | हेतुBइः | ifc. ‘by means of’), MBh.
mode, manner (hetuBiḥ | हेतुBइः | ifc. ‘according to’), ib.; Suśr.; Yājñ.
price, cost, Rājat. v, 71
condition, MBh.
(in rhet.) = kāvya-liṇga | काव्य-लिण्ग | (q.v.), Bhar.; Kpr.; Sāh.