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Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Kārakahetu (कारकहेतु) refers to the “cause” (i.e., that which produces or brings into existence a certain thing or a certain state of affairs), as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. II, P. 95, ll. 4 & 8]—‘Kāraka’ means productive’ and ‘jñāpaka’ ‘indicative’ or ‘informative’. A kārakahetu is the cause. It actually produces or brings into existence a certain thing or a certain state of affairs. A seed of a sprout is an example of it. A jñāpakahetu merely indicates i e informs us of a certain thing or a certain state of affairs. For instance smoke on the mountain informs us that the mountain possesses fire.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kārakahetu (कारकहेतु).—the active or efficient cause (opp. jñāpakahetu).

Derivable forms: kārakahetuḥ (कारकहेतुः).

Kārakahetu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāraka and hetu (हेतु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kārakahetu (कारकहेतु).—n. (-tu) Efficient or active cause. E. kāraka what produces, hetu cause.

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

Kārakahetu (कारकहेतु):—[=kāraka-hetu] [from kāraka > kāra] m. the efficient cause.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kārakahetu (कारकहेतु):—[kāraka-hetu] (tuḥ) 2. m. Efficient cause.

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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: Karaka, Hetu.

Full-text: Jnapaka, Karaka, Jnapakahetu.

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