"हेतु" meaning in Sanskrit

See हेतु in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Compound of हि (hi) + तु (tu). Etymology templates: {{root|sa|ine-pro|*ǵʰey-}}, {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{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
  5. (grammar) the agent of the causal verb Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-हेतु-sa-noun-SSHGZj8q Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 12 14 6 2 32 2 15 6 0 0 3 6 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 15 15 7 2 25 3 12 10 1 1 3 7 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 14 16 6 4 24 3 13 8 1 0 3 8 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  6. (with Buddhists) primary cause (as opposed to प्रत्यय (pratyaya))
    Sense id: en-हेतु-sa-noun-p~7FuWg8
  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-zjPMHtvY 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
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "hetu"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: hetu\n→ Khmer: ហេតុ (haet), ហែត (haet)\n→ Northern Thai: เหตุ, ᩉᩮᨲᩩ, ᩉᩮ᩠ᨲᩩ\n→ Thai: เหตุ (hèet)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: hetu\n→ Khmer: ហេតុ (haet), ហែត (haet)\n→ Northern Thai: เหตุ, ᩉᩮᨲᩩ, ᩉᩮ᩠ᨲᩩ\n→ Thai: เหตุ (hèet)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "हेतु",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: हेतु (hetu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: हेतु (hetu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "हेतू",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: हेतू (hetū)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: हेतू (hetū)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-ogu",
            "2": "हेतु",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Gujarati: हेतु (hetu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Gujarati: हेतु (hetu)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰey-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Compound"
      },
      "expansion": "Compound",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "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": "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": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "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)"
      ],
      "id": "en-हेतु-sa-noun-u3hGkZLS",
      "links": [
        [
          "impulse",
          "impulse"
        ],
        [
          "motive",
          "motive"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "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\""
      ],
      "id": "en-हेतु-sa-noun-CCZDHRjh",
      "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))"
      ],
      "id": "en-हेतु-sa-noun-3S4g3C9E",
      "links": [
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ],
        [
          "अवयव",
          "अवयव#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "न्याय",
          "न्याय#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "logic (in general, compare हेतुविद्या (hetuvidyā))"
      ],
      "id": "en-हेतु-sa-noun-63SlAv8N",
      "links": [
        [
          "logic",
          "logic"
        ],
        [
          "हेतुविद्या",
          "हेतुविद्या#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "sa:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 14 6 2 32 2 15 6 0 0 3 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 7 2 25 3 12 10 1 1 3 7",
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          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 16 6 4 24 3 13 8 1 0 3 8",
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the agent of the causal verb"
      ],
      "id": "en-हेतु-sa-noun-SSHGZj8q",
      "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))"
      ],
      "id": "en-हेतु-sa-noun-p~7FuWg8",
      "links": [
        [
          "primary",
          "primary"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "प्रत्यय",
          "प्रत्यय#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with Buddhists) primary cause (as opposed to प्रत्यय (pratyaya))"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with Buddhists"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that which causes the bondage of the soul i.e. the external world and the senses"
      ],
      "id": "en-हेतु-sa-noun-zjPMHtvY",
      "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"
      ],
      "id": "en-हेतु-sa-noun-F2ZpWL38",
      "links": [
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "according to",
          "text": "हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) (at the end of a compound)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mode, manner"
      ],
      "id": "en-हेतु-sa-noun-sxj8bLGM",
      "links": [
        [
          "mode",
          "mode"
        ],
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "price, cost"
      ],
      "id": "en-हेतु-sa-noun-Z3E3R0iQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "price",
          "price"
        ],
        [
          "cost",
          "cost"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "condition"
      ],
      "id": "en-हेतु-sa-noun-WW1ApO0k",
      "links": [
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Rhetoric",
          "orig": "sa:Rhetoric",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "= काव्यलिङ्ग (kāvya-liṅga)"
      ],
      "id": "en-हेतु-sa-noun-AmWiFihY",
      "links": [
        [
          "rhetoric",
          "rhetoric"
        ],
        [
          "काव्यलिङ्ग",
          "काव्यलिङ्ग#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rhetoric) = काव्यलिङ्ग (kāvya-liṅga)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rhetoric"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "हेतु"
}
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    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Sanskrit masculine nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰey-",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Sanskrit u-stem nouns"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "hetu"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: hetu\n→ Khmer: ហេតុ (haet), ហែត (haet)\n→ Northern Thai: เหตุ, ᩉᩮᨲᩩ, ᩉᩮ᩠ᨲᩩ\n→ Thai: เหตุ (hèet)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: hetu\n→ Khmer: ហេតុ (haet), ហែត (haet)\n→ Northern Thai: เหตุ, ᩉᩮᨲᩩ, ᩉᩮ᩠ᨲᩩ\n→ Thai: เหตุ (hèet)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "हेतु",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: हेतु (hetu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: हेतु (hetu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "हेतू",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: हेतू (hetū)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: हेतू (hetū)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-ogu",
            "2": "हेतु",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Gujarati: हेतु (hetu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Gujarati: हेतु (hetu)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰey-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Compound"
      },
      "expansion": "Compound",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "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": "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": [
        "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "हेतु"
}

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