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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry हेतु

  1. हेतुhetudisputation, controversy.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -वादः

      1. disputation, controversy.
      2. fraud (कपट); न हेतुवादाल्लोभाद्वा धर्मं जह्यां कथंचन Mb.5.91.24.
      3. assigning a cause (sceptically); न यक्ष्यन्ति न होष्यन्ति हेतुवादविमोहिताः Mb.3.19.26.
    • -वादिन्

      1. a disputant.
      2. a sceptic.
    • -विशेषोक्तिः a mention of difference accompanied with reasons; एकचक्रो रथो यन्ता विकलो विषमा हयाः । आक्रामत्येव तेजस्वी तथाप्यर्को नभस्तलम् ॥ सैषा हेतुविशेषोक्तिस्तेजस्वीति विशेषणात् ॥ Kāv.2.328-329.

    • -शास्त्रम् a logically-treated work, any beretical work questioning the authority of Smṛitis or revelation; योऽवमन्येत ते मूले हेतुशास्त्राश्रयाद् द्विजः Ms.2.11.

    • -हेतुमत् Masculine Dual cause and effect. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभावः the relation existing between cause and effect.

    • हेतुः hētuḥ

      1. हि-तुन् Uṇ.1.73
      2. Cause, reason, object, motive; इति हेतुस्तदुद्भवे K. Parasmaipada1; Māl.1.23; R.1.1; नीचैराख्यं गिरिमधिवसेस्तत्र विश्रामहेतोः Me.25; Ś.3.12.
      3. Source, origin; स पिता पितरस्तासां केवलं जन्महेतवः R.1.24 'authors of their being'.
      4. A means or instrument.
      5. The logical reason, the reason for an inference, middle term (forming the second member of the fivemembered syllogism).
      6. Logic, science of reasoning.
      7. Any logical proof or argument.
      8. A rhetorical reason (regarded by some writers as a figure of speech); it is thus defined: हेताहतुमता सार्धमभेदो हेतुरुच्यते.
      9. (In Grammar) The agent of the causal verb; ParasmaipadaI.4.55.
      10. (with Buddhists) Primary cause.
      11. (with Pāśupatas) The external world and senses (that cause the bondage of the soul).
      12. Mode, manner.
      13. Condition.
      14. Price, cost; दीन्नाराणां दशशती पञ्चाशदधिकाभवत् । धान्यखारीक्रये हेतुर्देशे दुर्भिक्षविक्षते Rāj. T.5.71. (Name B. The forms हेतुना, हेतोः, rarely हेतौ, are used adverbially in the sense of 'by reason of', 'on account of', 'because of', with Genitive or in comp.; तमसा बहुरूपेण वेष्टिताः कर्महेतुना Ms. 1.49; शास्त्रविज्ञानहेतुना; अल्पस्य हेतोर्बहु हातुमिच्छन् R.2.47; विस्मृतं कस्य हेतोः Mu.1.1. etc.).
    • -अपदेशः adducing the hetu (in the form of the five-membered syllogism).

    • -अवधारणम् (in dram.) reasoning.

    • -आक्षेप (in Rhet.) an objection accompanied with reasons; न स्तूयसे नरेन्द्र त्वं ददासीति कदाचन । स्वमेव मत्वा गृह्णन्ति यतस्त्वद्धन- मर्थिनः ॥ इत्येवमादिराक्षेपो हेत्वाक्षेप इति स्मृतः । Kāv.2.167-168.

    • -आभासः 'the semblance of a reason', a fallacious middle term, fallacy; (it is of five kinds: सव्यभिचार or अनैकान्तिक, विरुद्ध, असिद्ध, सत्प्रतिपक्ष and बाधित).

    • -उत्प्रेक्षा, -उपमा a simile accompanied with reasons.

    • -उपक्षेपः, -उपन्यासः adducing a reason, statement of an argument.

    • -कर्तृ Masculine the causal subject; याजयेदिति हेतुकर्तु रेवैतत् प्रत्यक्षं वचनम्, लक्षणया यजेः कर्तुः ŚB. on MS.1.8.39.

    • -दुष्ट Adjective unreasonable.

    • -दृष्टिः scepticism.

    • -बलिक Adjective strong in argument.

    • -युक्त Adjective well-founded.

    • -रूपकम् a metaphor accompanied with reasons.

    In the Gita1·359·1013·2118·15

    अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ।

    api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahīkṛte, — O Janardana, I would not consent to slay even for the kingdom of the three worlds; how then for earth? What pleasures can be ours after killing the… 1·35
    • हेतोःhetoḥablative singular of the masculine noun hetu (the implicit and efficient cause).
    • हेतुनाhetunāinstrumental singular of the masculine noun hetu (the implicit and efficient cause).
    • हेतुःhetuḥnominative singular of the masculine noun hetu (the implicit and efficient cause).
    • हेतवःhetavaḥnominative plural of the masculine noun hetu (the implicit and efficient cause).

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Headwords under ह

Part 3 of 5 हिन्ताल – हेम्यAll parts
  1. ह – हवित्री
  2. हविष्मत् – हितक
  3. हिन्ताल – हेम्य
  4. हेय – ह्लादनम्
  5. ह्लादित – ह्वे