The Sanskrit term Hetudṛṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Hetudrsti or Hetudrishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Hetudṛṣṭi (हेतुदृष्टि) refers to “rationalistic heresy”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Bodhisattva Gaganagañja explains to Bodhisattva Ratnaśrī what kind of concentration should be purified: “[...] (7) [when the Bodhisattvas attain] the concentration called ‘Suppression’, all vices will be conquered; (8) [when the Bodhisattvas attain] the concentration called ‘Turning,’ the way of right side will be fulfilled. (9) [when the Bodhisattvas attain] the concentration called ‘Returning,’ they will turn back from rationalistic heresy (hetudṛṣṭi); [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Hetudṛṣṭi (हेतुदृष्टि).—scepticism.

Derivable forms: hetudṛṣṭiḥ (हेतुदृष्टिः).

Hetudṛṣṭi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hetu and dṛṣṭi (दृष्टि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Hetudṛṣṭi (हेतुदृष्टि).—rationalistic heresy: °ṭi-samudghāṭo dhar-mālokamukhaṃ Lalitavistara 33.6.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hetudṛṣṭi (हेतुदृष्टि):—[=hetu-dṛṣṭi] [from hetu > heti] f. examination of reasons, scepticism, [Lalita-vistara]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Drishti, Hetu.

Full-text: Samudghata.

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