The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

sankh!); m(la h. nid!na sambhava pabhava samu&&h!na !h!ra !ramma*a paccaya samudaya: frequent in the
Niddesa (see Nd2 p. 231, s. v. m(la). In the Abhidhamma we find hetu as "moral condition" referring
to the 6 m(las or bases of good & bad kamma, viz. lobha, dosa, moha and their opposites: Dhs 1053 sq.;
Kvu 532 sq. -- Four kinds of hetu are distinguished at DhsA 303=VbhA 402, viz. hetu˚, paccaya˚, uttama˚,
s!dh!ra*a˚. Another 4 at Tikp 27, viz. kusala˚, akusala˚, vip!ka˚, kiriya˚, and 9 at Tikp 252, viz. kusala˚,
akusala˚, avy!kata˚, in 3X3 constellations (cp. DhsA 303). -- On term in detail see Cpd. 279 sq.; Dhs. trsln
§§ 1053, 1075. -- abl. hetuso from or by way of (its) cause S v.304; A iii.417. -- acc. hetu ( -- ˚) (elliptically
as adv.) on account of, for the sake of (with gen.); e. g. d!sa -- kammakara -- porisassa hetu M ii.187; kissa
hetu why? A iii.303; iv.393; Sn 1131; Pv ii.81 (=ki' nimitta' PvA 106); pubbe kata˚ by reason (or in
consequence) of what was formerly done A i.173 sq.; dhana˚ for the sake of gain Sn 122. -- 2. suitability
for the attainment of Arahantship, one of the 8 conditions precedent to becoming a Buddha Bu ii.59=J i.14,
44. 3. logic Miln 3. -- paccaya the moral causal relation, the first of the 24 Paccayas in the Pa&&h!na
Tikp 1 sq., 23 sq., 60 sq., 287, 320; Dukp 8, 41 sq.; Vism 532; VbhA 174. -- pabhava arising from a cause,
conditioned Vin i.40; DhA i.92. -- v!da the theory of cause, as adj. "proclaimer of a cause," name of a sect
M i.409; opp. ahetu -- v!da "denier of a cause" (also a sect) M i.408; ahetu -- v!din id. J v.228, 241 (=Jtm
149).
Hetuka
Hetuka (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. hetu] connected with a cause, causing or caused, conditioned by, consisting in Mhvs
1, 45 (ma*i -- pallanka˚); Dhs 1009 (pah!tabba˚); VbhA 17 (du˚, ti˚). usually as sa˚ and a˚ (with & without
a moral condition) A i.82; Vism 454 sq.; Dukp 24 sq. sa˚ Dhs 1073 (trsln "having root -- conditions as
concomitants"); Kvu 533 ("accompanied by moral conditions"); a˚ S iii.210 (˚v!da, as a "di&&hi"); Vism
450.
Hetutta
Hetutta (nt.) [abstr. formation fr. hetu] reason, consequence; abl. in consequence of ( -- ˚) Vism 424 (di&&hi-
visuddhi˚).
Hetuye
Hetuye see bhavati.
Hema
Hema (nt.) [cp. Epic Sk. heman] gold D ii.187; J vi.574. -- j!la golden netting (as cover of chariots etc.) A
iv.393; Vv 351, 362 (˚ka). -- va**a golden -- coloured D ii.134; Th 2, 333; ThA 235; DhsA 317.
Hemanta
Hemanta [hema(=hima)+anta] winter A iv.138; J i.86; Miln 274.
Hemantika
Hemantika (adj.) [fr. hemanta] destined for the winter, wintry, icy cold Vin i.15, 31 (rattiyo), 288; M i.79; S
v.51; A iv.127; Vism 73.
Hemavataka
Hemavataka (adj.) [fr. himavant] belonging to, living in the Him!laya J i.506; iv.374, 437; ˚vatika id. Dpvs
v.54.