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Results for हैतुक
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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
हैतुकhaitukaa.(-की f.) [हेतौ प्रसृतः ठञ्]
(-कीFeminine) हेतौ प्रसृतः ठञ्
Causal, causative.
Argumentative, rationalistic.
Derived forms and compounds
-कः
A logical reasoner, an arguer.
A follower of the Mīmāṁsā doctrines.
A rationalist, sceptic; वेदवादरतो न स्यान्न पाखण्डी न हैतुकः । शुष्कवादविवादे न कंचित् पक्षं समाश्रयेत् ॥ Bhāg. 11.18.3.
A heretic; हैतुकान् बकवृत्तींश्च वाङ्मात्रेणापि नार्चयेत् Ms.4.3.