Pāli Dictionary

hetu

hiroottusuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

hi4යවන්න

Synonyms

Antonyms


doctrine

  • හේතුව; කාරණය; තත්ත්වය; (අභිධර්මයේ දී) මූල හේතුව (ලෝභ, දෝස, මෝහ සහ ඒවායේ ප්‍රතිවිරුද්ධ ධර්ම)

  • cause; reason; condition; (in Abhidhamma) root-condition (referring to the six roots: greed, hate, delusion, and their opposites)

  • SN 35.93

    yo'pi hetu yo'pi paccayo cakkhuviññāṇassa uppādāya, so'pi hetu so'pi paccayo anicco vipariṇāmī aññathābhāvī. aniccaṃ kho pana, bhikkhave, paccayaṃ paṭicca uppannaṃ cakkhuviññāṇaṃ kuto niccaṃ bhavissati!

  • AN 8.2

    aṭṭh'ime, bhikkhave, hetū aṭṭha paccayā ādibrahmacariyikāya paññāya appaṭiladdhāya paṭilābhāya, paṭiladdhāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā saṃvattanti. katame aṭṭha?

general

  • (විශේෂණ හෝ අවිපරිණාමී) ...නිසා; ...සඳහා; ...මගින්; ...අනුව

  • (as adjective or indeclinable) because of; for the sake of; by means of; according to

  • SN 42.6

    taṃ kiṃ maññasi, gāmaṇi, api nu so puriso mahato janakāyassa āyācanahetu vā thomanahetu vā pañjalikā anuparisakkanahetu vā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjeyyā'ti? no h'etaṃ, bhante.

  • MN 41

    iti attahetu vā parahetu vā āmisakiñcikkhahetu vā na sampajānamusā bhāsitā hoti.

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