"हेतु" meaning in Sanskrit

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Noun

Etymology: Compound of हि (hi) + तु (tu). Etymology templates: {{root|sa|ine-pro|*ǵʰey-}}, {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com|sa|हि|तु||||||||alt1=|alt10=|alt2=|alt3=|alt4=|alt5=|alt6=|alt7=|alt8=|alt9=|g1=|g10=|g2=|g3=|g4=|g5=|g6=|g7=|g8=|g9=|id1=|id10=|id2=|id3=|id4=|id5=|id6=|id7=|id8=|id9=|lang1=|lang10=|lang2=|lang3=|lang4=|lang5=|lang6=|lang7=|lang8=|lang9=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|pos1=|pos10=|pos2=|pos3=|pos4=|pos5=|pos6=|pos7=|pos8=|pos9=|t1=|t10=|t2=|t3=|t4=|t5=|t6=|t7=|t8=|t9=|tr1=|tr10=|tr2=|tr3=|tr4=|tr5=|tr6=|tr7=|tr8=|tr9=}} हि (hi) + तु (tu), {{com+|sa|हि|तु}} Compound of हि (hi) + तु (tu) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m|tr=hetú}} हेतु • (hetú) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m|hetú}} Forms: hetú [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], हेतुः [nominative, singular], हेतू [dual, nominative], हेतवः [nominative, plural], हेतो [singular, vocative], हेतू [dual, vocative], हेतवः [plural, vocative], हेतुम् [accusative, singular], हेतू [accusative, dual], हेतून् [accusative, plural], हेतुना [instrumental, singular], हेत्वा1 [instrumental, singular], हेतुभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], हेतुभिः [instrumental, plural], हेतवे [dative, singular], हेत्वे1 [dative, singular], हेतुभ्याम् [dative, dual], हेतुभ्यः [dative, plural], हेतोः [ablative, singular], हेत्वः1 [ablative, singular], हेतुभ्याम् [ablative, dual], हेतुभ्यः [ablative, plural], हेतोः [genitive, singular], हेत्वः1 [genitive, singular], हेत्वोः [dual, genitive], हेतूनाम् [genitive, plural], हेतौ [locative, singular], हेत्वोः [dual, locative], हेतुषु [locative, plural]
  1. "impulse", motive, cause, cause of, reason for (+locative, rarely dative or genitive)
    Sense id: en-हेतु-sa-noun-u3hGkZLS Categories (other): Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations
  2. (at the end of a compound) "having as a cause or motive", "caused or effected or actuated or attracted or impelled by"
    Sense id: en-हेतु-sa-noun-CCZDHRjh Categories (other): Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
  3. 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))
    Sense id: en-हेतु-sa-noun-3S4g3C9E
  4. logic (in general, compare हेतुविद्या (hetuvidyā))
    Sense id: en-हेतु-sa-noun-63SlAv8N Synonyms: হেতু [Assamese, character], ᬳᬾᬢᬸ [Balinese, character], হেতু [Bengali], 𑀳 [Brahmi, character], 𑁂 [Brahmi, character], 𑀢 [Brahmi, character], 𑀼 [Brahmi, character], ဟေတု [Burmese, character], હ [Gujarati, character], ે [Gujarati, character], ત [Gujarati, character], ુ [Gujarati, character], [Gurmukhi, character], [Gurmukhi, character], [Gurmukhi, character], [Gurmukhi, character], ꦲꦺꦠꦸ [Javanese, character], ಹೇತು [Kannada, character], ហេតុ [Khmer, character], ເຫຕຸ [Lao, character], ഹേതു [Malayalam, character], 𑘮 [Modi, character], 𑘹 [Modi, character], 𑘝 [Modi, character], 𑘳 [Modi, character], ᠾᠧᢐᠤ [Mongolian], 𑐴 [Newa, character], 𑐾 [Newa, character], 𑐟 [Newa, character], 𑐸 [Newa, character], ହେତୁ [Odia, character], ꢲꢾꢡꢸ [Saurashtra, character], 𑆲 [Sharada, character], 𑆼 [Sharada, character], 𑆠 [Sharada, character], 𑆶 [Sharada, character], හෙතු [Sinhalese, character], 𑚩 [Takri, character], 𑚲 [Takri, character], 𑚙 [Takri, character], 𑚰 [Takri, character], ஹேது [Tamil, character], హేతు [Telugu, character], เหตุ [Thai, character], ཧེ་ཏུ [Tibetan, character], 𑒯𑒹𑒞𑒳 [Tirhuta, character]
  5. (grammar) the agent of the causal verb Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-हेतु-sa-noun-SSHGZj8q Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  6. (with Buddhists) primary cause (as opposed to प्रत्यय (pratyaya))
    Sense id: en-हेतु-sa-noun-p~7FuWg8 Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 14 15 7 2 6 22 16 7 0 0 4 7 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 14 16 5 4 5 22 11 9 1 1 5 8 Synonyms (Bhaiksuki script): 𑰮, 𑰸, 𑰝, 𑰲 Synonyms (Grantha script): 𑌹𑍇𑌤𑍁 Synonyms (Kaithi script): 𑂯, 𑂵, 𑂞, 𑂳 Synonyms (Manchu script): ᡥᡝᢠᡠ Synonyms (Nandinagari script): 𑧎, 𑧚, 𑦽, 𑧔 Synonyms (Siddham script): 𑖮𑖸𑖝𑖲 Synonyms (Soyombo script): 𑪂, 𑩔, 𑩫, 𑩒 Synonyms (Zanabazar Square script): 𑨱, 𑨄, 𑨙, 𑨃 Disambiguation of 'Bhaiksuki script': 6 12 5 0 3 40 19 6 0 0 1 7 Disambiguation of 'Grantha script': 7 13 6 0 3 37 20 7 0 0 1 8 Disambiguation of 'Kaithi script': 6 12 5 0 3 40 19 6 0 0 1 7 Disambiguation of 'Manchu script': 15 7 9 2 7 23 12 4 3 0 14 4 Disambiguation of 'Nandinagari script': 6 12 5 0 3 40 19 6 0 0 1 7 Disambiguation of 'Siddham script': 0 0 12 0 0 62 15 0 0 0 0 12 Disambiguation of 'Soyombo script': 7 13 6 0 3 37 20 7 0 0 1 8 Disambiguation of 'Zanabazar Square script': 9 13 5 2 4 30 16 8 3 0 5 6
  7. (with पशुपति (paśu-pati)s) that which causes the bondage of the soul i.e. the external world and the senses
    Sense id: en-हेतु-sa-noun-i7h7lABv Categories (other): Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
  8. the means
    Sense id: en-हेतु-sa-noun-F2ZpWL38
  9. mode, manner
    Sense id: en-हेतु-sa-noun-sxj8bLGM
  10. price, cost
    Sense id: en-हेतु-sa-noun-Z3E3R0iQ
  11. condition
    Sense id: en-हेतु-sa-noun-WW1ApO0k
  12. (rhetoric) = काव्यलिङ्ग (kāvya-liṅga) Tags: rhetoric Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-हेतु-sa-noun-AmWiFihY Categories (other): Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations

Download JSON data for हेतु meaning in Sanskrit (18.9kB)

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      "form": "हेतुषु",
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          "english": "for a cause or reason, by reason of, on account of (+genitive or compound):",
          "text": "हेतुना (hetunā), हेतोः (hetoḥ), हेतवे (hetave), हेतौ (hetau)"
        },
        {
          "english": "on account of me",
          "text": "मम हेतोः (mama hetoḥ) or मद्-धेतोः (mad-dhetoḥ)"
        },
        {
          "english": "wherefore?, why?",
          "text": "कं हेतुम् (kaṃ hetum) or को हेटुः (ko heṭuḥ)"
        },
        {
          "english": "because",
          "text": "यतो हेतोः (yato hetoḥ)"
        },
        {
          "english": "for this reason",
          "text": "अनेन हेतुना (anena hetunā) or इति हेतोः (iti hetoḥ)"
        },
        {
          "english": "in order to kill",
          "text": "मृत्यु-हेतवे (mṛtyu-hetave)"
        },
        {
          "english": "a supernatural cause",
          "text": "हेतुर् अलौकिकः (hetur alaukikaḥ)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "\"impulse\", motive, cause, cause of, reason for (+locative, rarely dative or genitive)"
      ],
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          "impulse",
          "impulse"
        ],
        [
          "motive",
          "motive"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
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        {
          "english": "caused by the acts (of a former existence)",
          "text": "कर्महेतु (karma-hetu)"
        },
        {
          "english": "attracted by (the smell of) flesh",
          "text": "मांसहेतु (māṃsa-hetu)"
        },
        {
          "english": "impelled by (the expectation of) the consequences of any act",
          "text": "कर्मफलहेतु (karma-phala-hetu)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "\"having as a cause or motive\", \"caused or effected or actuated or attracted or impelled by\""
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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          "reason"
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        [
          "अवयव",
          "अवयव#Sanskrit"
        ],
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          "न्याय",
          "न्याय#Sanskrit"
        ]
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        "logic (in general, compare हेतुविद्या (hetuvidyā))"
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          "हेतुविद्या",
          "हेतुविद्या#Sanskrit"
        ]
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          "word": "হেতু"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Balinese",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ᬳᬾᬢᬸ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "হেতু"
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        {
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          "word": "𑁂"
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        {
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          "word": "𑀢"
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          "tags": [
            "Brahmi",
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          ],
          "word": "𑀼"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Burmese",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ဟေတု"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Gujarati",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "હ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Gujarati",
            "character"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Gujarati",
            "character"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Gujarati",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ુ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Gurmukhi",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ਹ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Gurmukhi",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ੇ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Gurmukhi",
            "character"
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          "word": "ਤ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Gurmukhi",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ੁ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Javanese",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ꦲꦺꦠꦸ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Kannada",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ಹೇತು"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Khmer",
            "character"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Lao",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ເຫຕຸ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Malayalam",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ഹേതു"
        },
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            "Modi",
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          ],
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            "Modi",
            "character"
          ],
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        {
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            "Modi",
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          ],
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        },
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            "Modi",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑘳"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
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        },
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          "tags": [
            "Newa",
            "character"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
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            "Newa",
            "character"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Newa",
            "character"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Newa",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑐸"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Odia",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ହେତୁ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Saurashtra",
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          ],
          "word": "ꢲꢾꢡꢸ"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
            "Sharada",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑆲"
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        {
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            "Sharada",
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          ],
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        },
        {
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            "Sharada",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑆠"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Sharada",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑆶"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Sinhalese",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "හෙතු"
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          "tags": [
            "Takri",
            "character"
          ],
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        {
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            "Takri",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑚲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Takri",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑚙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Takri",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑚰"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Tamil",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ஹேது"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Telugu",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "హేతు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Thai",
            "character"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Tibetan",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ཧེ་ཏུ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0",
          "tags": [
            "Tirhuta",
            "character"
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      ]
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          "qualifier": "Nandinagari script",
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          "word": "𑧎"
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          "_dis1": "6 12 5 0 3 40 19 6 0 0 1 7",
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          "word": "𑧚"
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          "_dis1": "6 12 5 0 3 40 19 6 0 0 1 7",
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          "word": "𑧔"
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          "_dis1": "9 13 5 2 4 30 16 8 3 0 5 6",
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        "mode, manner"
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        [
          "mode",
          "mode"
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          "manner",
          "manner"
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    {
      "glosses": [
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        [
          "price",
          "price"
        ],
        [
          "cost",
          "cost"
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      "glosses": [
        "condition"
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        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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        },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sa",
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        "= काव्यलिङ्ग (kāvya-liṅga)"
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      "id": "en-हेतु-sa-noun-AmWiFihY",
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        "rhetoric"
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          "args": {
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        "t4": "",
        "t5": "",
        "t6": "",
        "t7": "",
        "t8": "",
        "t9": "",
        "tr1": "",
        "tr10": "",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": "",
        "tr4": "",
        "tr5": "",
        "tr6": "",
        "tr7": "",
        "tr8": "",
        "tr9": ""
      },
      "expansion": "हि (hi) + तु (tu)",
      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "हि",
        "3": "तु"
      },
      "expansion": "Compound of हि (hi) + तु (tu)",
      "name": "com+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of हि (hi) + तु (tu).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hetú",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "u-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतुः",
      "roman": "hetúḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतू",
      "roman": "hetū́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतवः",
      "roman": "hetávaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतो",
      "roman": "héto",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतू",
      "roman": "hétū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतवः",
      "roman": "hétavaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतुम्",
      "roman": "hetúm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतू",
      "roman": "hetū́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतून्",
      "roman": "hetū́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतुना",
      "roman": "hetúnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेत्वा1",
      "roman": "hetvā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "hetúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतुभिः",
      "roman": "hetúbhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतवे",
      "roman": "hetáve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेत्वे1",
      "roman": "hetvé1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "hetúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतुभ्यः",
      "roman": "hetúbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतोः",
      "roman": "hetóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेत्वः1",
      "roman": "hetváḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "hetúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतुभ्यः",
      "roman": "hetúbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतोः",
      "roman": "hetóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेत्वः1",
      "roman": "hetváḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेत्वोः",
      "roman": "hetvóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतूनाम्",
      "roman": "hetūnā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतौ",
      "roman": "hetaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेत्वोः",
      "roman": "hetvóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हेतुषु",
      "roman": "hetúṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "hetú"
      },
      "expansion": "हेतु • (hetú) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hetú"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "for a cause or reason, by reason of, on account of (+genitive or compound):",
          "text": "हेतुना (hetunā), हेतोः (hetoḥ), हेतवे (hetave), हेतौ (hetau)"
        },
        {
          "english": "on account of me",
          "text": "मम हेतोः (mama hetoḥ) or मद्-धेतोः (mad-dhetoḥ)"
        },
        {
          "english": "wherefore?, why?",
          "text": "कं हेतुम् (kaṃ hetum) or को हेटुः (ko heṭuḥ)"
        },
        {
          "english": "because",
          "text": "यतो हेतोः (yato hetoḥ)"
        },
        {
          "english": "for this reason",
          "text": "अनेन हेतुना (anena hetunā) or इति हेतोः (iti hetoḥ)"
        },
        {
          "english": "in order to kill",
          "text": "मृत्यु-हेतवे (mṛtyu-hetave)"
        },
        {
          "english": "a supernatural cause",
          "text": "हेतुर् अलौकिकः (hetur alaukikaḥ)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "\"impulse\", motive, cause, cause of, reason for (+locative, rarely dative or genitive)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "impulse",
          "impulse"
        ],
        [
          "motive",
          "motive"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "caused by the acts (of a former existence)",
          "text": "कर्महेतु (karma-hetu)"
        },
        {
          "english": "attracted by (the smell of) flesh",
          "text": "मांसहेतु (māṃsa-hetu)"
        },
        {
          "english": "impelled by (the expectation of) the consequences of any act",
          "text": "कर्मफलहेतु (karma-phala-hetu)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "\"having as a cause or motive\", \"caused or effected or actuated or attracted or impelled by\""
      ],
      "qualifier": "at the end of a compound",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(at the end of a compound) \"having as a cause or motive\", \"caused or effected or actuated or attracted or impelled by\""
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ],
        [
          "अवयव",
          "अवयव#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "न्याय",
          "न्याय#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "logic (in general, compare हेतुविद्या (hetuvidyā))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "logic",
          "logic"
        ],
        [
          "हेतुविद्या",
          "हेतुविद्या#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sa:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the agent of the causal verb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "agent",
          "agent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) the agent of the causal verb"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "primary cause (as opposed to प्रत्यय (pratyaya))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "primary",
          "primary"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "प्रत्यय",
          "प्रत्यय#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with Buddhists) primary cause (as opposed to प्रत्यय (pratyaya))"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with Buddhists"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(with पशुपति (paśu-pati)s) that which causes the bondage of the soul i.e. the external world and the senses",
        "that which causes the bondage of the soul i.e. the external world and the senses"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "पशुपति",
          "पशुपति#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with पशुपति (paśu-pati)s) that which causes the bondage of the soul i.e. the external world and the senses"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with पशुपति (paśu-pati)s"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "by means of",
          "text": "हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) (at the end of a compound)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the means"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "according to",
          "text": "हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) (at the end of a compound)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mode, manner"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mode",
          "mode"
        ],
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "price, cost"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "price",
          "price"
        ],
        [
          "cost",
          "cost"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "condition"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "sa:Rhetoric"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "= काव्यलिङ्ग (kāvya-liṅga)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rhetoric",
          "rhetoric"
        ],
        [
          "काव्यलिङ्ग",
          "काव्यलिङ्ग#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rhetoric) = काव्यलिङ्ग (kāvya-liṅga)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rhetoric"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Assamese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "হেতু"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Balinese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ᬳᬾᬢᬸ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Bengali"
      ],
      "word": "হেতু"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Bhaiksuki script",
      "sense": "Bhaiksuki script",
      "word": "𑰮"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Bhaiksuki script",
      "sense": "Bhaiksuki script",
      "word": "𑰸"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Bhaiksuki script",
      "sense": "Bhaiksuki script",
      "word": "𑰝"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Bhaiksuki script",
      "sense": "Bhaiksuki script",
      "word": "𑰲"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Brahmi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑀳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Brahmi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑁂"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Brahmi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑀢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Brahmi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑀼"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Burmese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ဟေတု"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gujarati",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "હ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gujarati",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ે"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gujarati",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ત"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gujarati",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ુ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gurmukhi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ਹ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gurmukhi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ੇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gurmukhi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ਤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gurmukhi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ੁ"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Grantha script",
      "word": "𑌹𑍇𑌤𑍁"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Javanese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ꦲꦺꦠꦸ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Kaithi script",
      "sense": "Kaithi script",
      "word": "𑂯"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Kaithi script",
      "sense": "Kaithi script",
      "word": "𑂵"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Kaithi script",
      "sense": "Kaithi script",
      "word": "𑂞"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Kaithi script",
      "sense": "Kaithi script",
      "word": "𑂳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Kannada",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ಹೇತು"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Khmer",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ហេតុ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lao",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ເຫຕຸ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Malayalam",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ഹേതു"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Manchu script",
      "word": "ᡥᡝᢠᡠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Modi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑘮"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Modi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑘹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Modi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑘝"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Modi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑘳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠾᠧᢐᠤ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Nandinagari script",
      "sense": "Nandinagari script",
      "word": "𑧎"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Nandinagari script",
      "sense": "Nandinagari script",
      "word": "𑧚"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Nandinagari script",
      "sense": "Nandinagari script",
      "word": "𑦽"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Nandinagari script",
      "sense": "Nandinagari script",
      "word": "𑧔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Newa",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑐴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Newa",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑐾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Newa",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑐟"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Newa",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑐸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Odia",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ହେତୁ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Saurashtra",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ꢲꢾꢡꢸ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Sharada",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑆲"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Sharada",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑆼"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Sharada",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑆠"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Sharada",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑆶"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Siddham script",
      "word": "𑖮𑖸𑖝𑖲"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Sinhalese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "හෙතු"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Soyombo script",
      "sense": "Soyombo script",
      "word": "𑪂"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Soyombo script",
      "sense": "Soyombo script",
      "word": "𑩔"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Soyombo script",
      "sense": "Soyombo script",
      "word": "𑩫"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Soyombo script",
      "sense": "Soyombo script",
      "word": "𑩒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Takri",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑚩"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Takri",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑚲"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Takri",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑚙"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Takri",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑚰"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tamil",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ஹேது"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Telugu",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "హేతు"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Thai",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "เหตุ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tibetan",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ཧེ་ཏུ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tirhuta",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑒯𑒹𑒞𑒳"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Zanabazar Square script",
      "sense": "Zanabazar Square script",
      "word": "𑨱"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Zanabazar Square script",
      "sense": "Zanabazar Square script",
      "word": "𑨄"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Zanabazar Square script",
      "sense": "Zanabazar Square script",
      "word": "𑨙"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Zanabazar Square script",
      "sense": "Zanabazar Square script",
      "word": "𑨃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "हेतु"
}

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