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हेतु
हेतु
Sanskrit
Noun
हेतु • (hetú) m
- "impulse", motive, cause, cause of, reason for (+locative, rarely dative or genitive)
- हेतुना (hetunā), हेतोः (hetoḥ), हेतवे (hetave), हेतौ (hetau) — for a cause or reason, by reason of, on account of (+genitive or compound):
- मम हेतोः (mama hetoḥ) or मद्-धेतोः (mad-dhetoḥ) — on account of me
- कं हेतुम् (kaṃ hetum) or को हेटुः (ko heṭuḥ) — wherefore?, why?
- यतो हेतोः (yato hetoḥ) — because
- अनेन हेतुना (anena hetunā) or इति हेतोः (iti hetoḥ) — for this reason
- मृत्यु-हेतवे (mṛtyu-hetave) — in order to kill
- हेतुर् अलौकिकः (hetur alaukikaḥ) — a supernatural cause
- (at the end of a compound) "having as a cause or motive" , "caused or effected or actuated or attracted or impelled by"
- कर्महेतु (karma-hetu) — caused by the acts (of a former existence)
- मांसहेतु (māṃsa-hetu) — attracted by (the smell of) flesh
- कर्मफलहेतु (karma-phala-hetu) — impelled by (the expectation of) the consequences of any act
- a logical reason or deduction or argument, the reason for an inference (especially applied to the second member or अवयव (avayava) of the five-membered syllogism; compare न्याय (nyāya))
- logic (in general, compare हेतुविद्या (hetuvidyā))
- (grammar) the agent of the causal verb
- (with Buddhists) primary cause (as opposed to प्रत्यय (pratyaya))
- (with पशुपति (paśu-pati)s) that which causes the bondage of the soul i.e. the external world and the senses
- the means
- हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) (at the end of a compound) — by means of
- mode, manner
- हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) (at the end of a compound) — according to
- price, cost
- condition
- (rhetoric) = काव्यलिङ्ग (kāvya-liṅga)
Declension
| Masculine u-stem declension of हेतु | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | हेतुः (hetuḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | हेतोः (hetoḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | हेतुः (hetuḥ) | हेतू (hetū) | हेतवः (hetavaḥ) |
| Vocative | हेतो (heto) | हेतू (hetū) | हेतवः (hetavaḥ) |
| Accusative | हेतुम् (hetum) | हेतू (hetū) | हेतून् (hetūn) |
| Instrumental | हेतुना (hetunā) | हेतुभ्याम् (hetubhyām) | हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) |
| Dative | हेतवे (hetave) | हेतुभ्याम् (hetubhyām) | हेतुभ्यः (hetubhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | हेतोः (hetoḥ) | हेतुभ्याम् (hetubhyām) | हेतुभ्यः (hetubhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | हेतोः (hetoḥ) | हेत्वोः (hetvoḥ) | हेतूनाम् (hetūnām) |
| Locative | हेतौ (hetau) | हेत्वोः (hetvoḥ) | हेतुषु (hetuṣu) |
Descendants
- Khmer: ហេតុ (haet), ហែត (haet)
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1303