As a Hindi name
हेतुक · noun · masculine
शिव का एक गण · एक बुद्ध · कारण । हेतु — Śabdasāgara
हेतुक · adj
जो कारणभूत हो । जो कारणरूप हो । कारणरूप होनेवाला या उत्पन्न करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a cause, instrument, agent
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "hetuka" is derived from "hetu" with the ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
hetu &c. See p. 1303, col. 3.
hetu 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?’, Pāṇ. ii, 2, 23; 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]’, Mn. i, 49; māṃsa-hetu, ‘attracted by [the smell of] flesh’, MBh. x, 496; karma-phala-hetu, ‘impelled by [the expectation of] the consequences of any act’, BhP. ii, 47; 49), RV. &c. &c.
hetuka mf(ī)n. (only ifc.) causing, effecting, R.; Suśr.; Hit.
caused or effected or conditioned by, MBh.; VarBṛS. &c.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
hetuka mf(ī)n. (only ifc.) causing, effecting, R.; Suśr.; Hit.
caused or effected or conditioned by, MBh.; VarBṛS. &c.
destined for, MBh.; Sāṃkhyak.
hetuka m. a cause, instrument, agent, W.
a logician, MW.
hetu &c. See p. 1303, col. 3.
hetu 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?’, Pāṇ. ii, 2, 23; 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]’, Mn. i, 49; māṃsa-hetu, ‘attracted by [the smell of] flesh’, MBh. x, 496; karma-phala-hetu, ‘impelled by [the expectation of] the consequences of any act’, BhP. ii, 47; 49), RV. &c. &c.
Alternative readings
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