Samprayuktakahetu, Saṃprayuktakahetu, Samprayuktaka-hetu: 1 definition
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Samprayuktakahetu means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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.
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraSaṃprayuktakahetu (संप्रयुक्तकहेतु) refers to the “associated cause” and represents one of the five causes (hetu) of the causal condition (hetupratyaya), which itself is one of the four kinds of pratyaya (conditions) according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XLIX. Accordingly, “the mental events (caitta) coexist with the mind (cittasahabhū),—namely, feeling (vedanā), notion (saṃjñā), intention (cetanā), etc.; they have the same aspect (ekākāra) and the same object (ekālambana) as the mind, being ‘associated’ (saṃprayukta) with it. The mind as associated with the mental events is cause, and the mental events as associated with the mind are cause. This is what is called associated causes (saṃprayuktakahetu). These associated causes are like friends and acquaintances who come together to do something”.
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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Partial matches: Samprayuktaka, Hetu.
Full-text: Cittacaitta, Hetupratyaya.
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