Ahetu: 16 definitions
Introduction:
Ahetu means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Ahetu (अहेतु):—Fallacious semblance of an argument
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Ahetu (अहेतु) means “without cause”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, while describing the signs of one who is not a Siddha: “He is excessively tall, bald, deformed, short, dwarfish, his nose is ugly or he has black teeth and is wrathful . Some of his limbs are missing and is deceitful, cripple and deformed, foolish, inauspicious, envious, deluded, badly behaved, and violent; without any teacher, he is devoid of the rites, he maligns the Krama without cause [i.e., ahetu-krama-dūṣaka], he is not devoted to the Siddhas, he (always) suffers and is without wisdom. He is (always) ill and one should know that he is (always) attached (to worldly objects) and has no scripture. He has no energy and is dull and lazy. Ugly, he lives by cheating and, cruel, he is deluded, and devoid of (any) sense of reality. Such is the characteristic of one who is not accomplished (asiddha) in a past life”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
In Buddhism
Buddhist philosophy
Ahetu (अहेतु) or Ahetusamā refers to “balancing the non-reason” and represents one of the various kinds of Jāti (“analogue” or “far-fetched analogy”) (in debate), according to Upāyakauśalyahṛdaya, an ancient work on the art of debate composed by Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
ahētu (अहेतु) [or अहेतुक, ahētuka].—a S Void of cause, ground, reason &c. See hētu.
ahētu (अहेतु) [or ahētuka, or अहेतुक].—a Void of cause, ground or reason.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Ahetu (अहेतु).—a. Causeless, spontaneous, involuntary; अहेतुः पक्षपातो यः (ahetuḥ pakṣapāto yaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 5.17.
-tuḥ Absence of cause and reason.
Ahetu (अहेतु).—m.
(-tuḥ) Absence of cause or reason. E. a neg. hetu cause.
1) Ahetu (अहेतु):—[=a-hetu] m. absence of cause or reason, [Mahābhārata xii, 10511]
2) [v.s. ...] not a real or sound argument, [Nyāya]
3) [v.s. ...] (in rhetoric) a certain figure of speech.
Ahetu (अहेतु):—[a-hetu] (tuḥ) 2. m. Absence of cause.
Ahetu (अहेतु):—(3. a + hetu) eine best. rhetorische Figur [Oxforder Handschriften 208,b,4.]
Ahetu (अहेतु):—m. —
1) keine Ursache , — Veranlassung [Mahābhārata 12,285,27.] —
2) kein gültiger Grund , ein untaugliches Argument [Gotama's Nyāyadarśana 5,1,30.] Comm. zu [1,1,37.] —
3) eine best. rhetorische Figur.
Ahetu (अहेतु) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aheu.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Ahetu (अहेतु):—(a) without a cause or reason.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Ahētu (ಅಹೇತು):—
1) [adjective] that is not a cause.
2) [adjective] that has no cause; causeless; involuntary; spontaneous.
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Ahētu (ಅಹೇತು):—[noun] absence of cause or reason.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
ahetu (အဟေတု) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[na+hetu]
[န+ဟေတု]
[Pali to Burmese]
ahetu—
(Burmese text): (က) အကြောင်း-မရှိ-ကင်း-သော။ (ခ) အကြောင်း-လောဘ-စသော ဟိတ်တရား-မရှိ-ကင်း-သော။ အဟေတုက,အဟေတုကစိတ္တ-တို့ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (a) free from causes (b) free from greed and attachment to worldly phenomena. Look at the impermanence, look at the impermanence of the mind.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Partial matches (+0): A, Hetu, Na.
Starts with (+21): Ahetu Patisandhika, Ahetubhava, Ahetubhavapatti, Ahetubhuta, Ahetuja, Ahetuk, Ahetuka, Ahetuka Citta, Ahetuka Ditthi, Ahetuka Rupa, Ahetukabhava, Ahetukabhavapanna, Ahetukabhavappatti, Ahetukacittuppada, Ahetukacuti, Ahetukadvaya, Ahetukahamsayoni, Ahetukajavanavasana, Ahetukakiriya, Ahetukamanovinnanadhatu.
Full-text (+38): Ahetuka, Ahetusama, Ahetuvada, Ahetutva, Ahetubhava, Ahetubhuta, Ahetuvadi, Ahetubhavapatti, Ahetunibbatta, Nahetuahetuka, Ahetuvadin, Viruddha, Ahetuvritti, Pratipakshita, Ahetusadbhava, Nahetu, Ahetuvishamahetuvadin, Ahetu Patisandhika, Ahetuphala, Ahetusamutpanna.
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Search found 46 books and stories containing Ahetu, Ahētu, A-hetu, A-hētu, Na-hetu; (plurals include: Ahetus, Ahētus, hetus, hētus). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)
Dialectical terms (23): Fallacies of reason (ahetu) < [Chapter 7 - Logic and Dialectical Speculations]
Ten technical debate terms [in Charaka philosophy] < [Chapter 7 - Logic and Dialectical Speculations]
Dialectical terms [in Charaka philosophy] < [Chapter 7 - Logic and Dialectical Speculations]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Review of Charakokta Ahetu and Nayiakika views in Hetwabhasa. < [2022: Volume 11, February issue 2]
Dental caries w.s.r.to krimidanta and it’s management in ayurveda –a case report < [2023: Volume 12, October issue 17]
To study “maleenaihi bhuktaihi” hetu in udara rog w.s.r. to hetu leshokta < [2021: Volume 10, May issue 5]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.17.21 < [Chapter 17 - The Gopis Describe Their Remembrance of Sri Krsna]
Verse 1.11.8 < [Chapter 11 - Description of Śrī Kṛṣṇacandra’s Birth]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 13 - Logical Speculations and Terms relating to Academic Dispute < [Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools]
Influence of Nyaya-Vaisesika on Ayurveda (by Sindhu K. K.)
3. Logical reflections in medical assemblies < [Chapter 4 - Reflections of Nyaya-Vaisesika on Ayurveda—Based on Caraka Samhitha]
7. The arrangement Categories in the Nyaya-sutra < [Chapter 1 - Origin and Development of Nyaya-Vaisesika and Ayurveda]
Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
Part I - The Dhammasangani Pali < [Chapter X - Abhidhamma Pitaka]