hetu (m)

Meanings

• (in gram.) the agent of the causal verb
• (in rhet.) = kāvyaliṅga
• (with Buddhists) primary cause (as opp. to pratyaya)
• (with Paśupatas) that which causes the bondage of the soul
• a logical reason or dedaction or argument
• a means
• cause
• cause of
• condition
• cost
• logic (in general)
• manner
• mode
• motive
• price
• reason for
• the external world and the senses
• the reason for an inference (esp. applied to the second member or Avayava of the five-membered syllogism)

Sememes

• [for] [27]
• cause [4]

References

All references
Ånandakanda	4
Rasakāmadhenu	5
Rasamañjarī	1
Rasaprakāśasudhākara	3
Rasaratnasamuccaya	9
Rasaratnākara	3
Rasasaṃketakalikā	1
Rasendracintāmaṇi	3
Rasendracūḍāmaṇi	7