हेतु [ hetu ] [ hetú ] m. " impulse " , motive , cause , cause of , reason for (loc. , rarely dat. or gen. ; [ hetunā ] , [ hetoḥ ] , [ hetave ] , [ hetau ] , " for a cause or reason " , " by reason of " , " on account of " ( with gen. or comp. e.g. [ mama hetoḥ ] or [ mad-dhetoḥ ] , " on account of me " ) ; [ kaṃ hetum ] or [ ko hetuḥ ] , " wherefore? " " why? " Lit. Pāṇ. 2-2 , 23 Lit. Pat. ; [ yato hetoḥ ] , " because " ; [ anena hetunā ] or [ iti hetoḥ ] , " for this reason " ; [ mṛtyu-hetave ] , " in order to kill " ; [ hetur alaukikaḥ ] , " a supernatural cause " ; ifc. [ hetu ] also = " having as a cause or motive " , " caused or effected or actuated or attracted or impelled by " e.g. [ karma-hetu ] , " caused by the acts ( of a former existence ) " Lit. Mn. i , 49 ; [ māṃsa-hetu ] , " attracted by ( the smell of ) flesh " Lit. MBh. x , 496 ; [ karma-phala-hetu ] , " impelled by ( the expectation of ) the consequences of any act " Lit. BhP. ii , 47 ; 49) Lit. RV.

  a logical reason or deduction or argument , the reason for an inference ( esp. applied to the second member or Avayava of the five-membered syllogism see [ nyāya ] ) Lit. Nyāyad. Lit. IW. 61

  logic ( in general see [ hetuvidyā ] )

  (in gram.) the agent of the causal verb Lit. Pāṇ. 1-4 , 55

  (with Buddhists) primary cause ( as opp. to [ pratyaya ] q.v.) Lit. Sarvad.

  (with Paśu-patis) that which causes the bondage of the soul i.e. the external world and the senses Lit. ib.

  a means ( [ hetubhiḥ ] ifc. " by means of " ) Lit. MBh.

  mode , manner ( [ hetubhiḥ ] ifc. " according to " ) Lit. ib. Lit. Suśr. Lit. Yājñ.

  price , cost Lit. Rājat. v , 71

  condition Lit. MBh.

  ( in rhet.) = [ kāvya-liṅga ] ( q.v.) Lit. Bhar. Lit. Kpr. Lit. Sāh.