Pāli Dictionary

ahetu

naprefixhiroottusuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

hi4envoyer

Synonyms

appaccaya, apaccaya, ahetuka

Antonyms

hetu, sahetu

doctrine

  • sans cause; sans raison

  • causeless; without cause or reason; (as noun) a non-cause

  • DN 9

    evaṃ vutte kathaṃ nu kho, bho, abhisaññānirodho hotī'ti? tatr'ekacce evam'āhaṃsu, ahetū appaccayā purisassa saññā uppajjanti'pi nirujjhanti'pi. yasmiṃ samaye uppajjanti, saññī tasmiṃ samaye hoti.

  • SN 46.56

    n'atthi hetu, n'atthi paccayo ñāṇāya dassanāya. ahetu, appaccayo ñāṇaṃ dassanaṃ hotī'ti. idha bhagavā kim'āhā'ti?

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