Upadanahetu, Upādānahetu, Upadana-hetu: 1 definition

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Upadanahetu means something in Jainism, Prakrit. 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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Jain philosophy

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

Upādānahetu (उपादानहेतु) is the same as Upādānakāraṇa (“material cause”), as used in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 5, l. 17]—Upādānakāraṇa means a material cause. It is also called ‘samavāyikāraṇa’ i.e. an intimate or constituent cause, and it represents the material of which an effect is made. Thus clay is the samavāyi-kāraṇa of a jar, and so is yarn m the case of a piece of cloth. A samavāyi-kāraṇa is always a dravya (substance). [...] On p. 81, L 14 we come across the phrase ‘upādānahetu’ which is same as ‘upādānakāraṇa’. There we have a two-fold division of causes (a) extraordinary and (b) ordinary. The upādānakāraṇa is extraordinary while the other (nimittakāraṇa) is ordinary.

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