Dictionary Definition:
[translation-san] {LCh,L,MSA,MV} hetu
[translation-san] {C,MV} hetutva
[translation-san] {LCh,MSA,MV,C} kāraṇa
[translation-san] {C,MSA,MV} upaniṣad
[translation-san] {C} (=hetu-bhāva)
[translation-san] {MSA} anvaya
[translation-san] {MSA,MV} nimitta
[translation-san] {MSA} nimittatva
[translation-san] {C} nidāna
[translation-san] {C} etan-nidānā
[translation-san] {C} kiṃ nidānam
[translation-san] {C} tato nidānam
[translation-san] {C} tan-nidānam
[translation-san] {C} pracāra
[translation-san] {C} pravartate (=pravartayati)
[translation-san] {MSA} smig rgyu = marīci
[translation-eng] {Hopkins} cause; [as verb]: wander; move; go; [following a verb, indicates]: to be done
[translation-eng] {C} comparison; reason; for the sake of; linked with; foundation; Origins; because; wherefrom and for what reason?; on the strength of that; as a result of; that link; observation; performance; proceeds; takes place; move forward; spread;causality
[definition-bod] mtshan nyid1 skyed byed/ 2 phan 'dogs byed/
[definition-eng] Def.:(1) producer; (2) benefitter
[division-bod] sgras brjod rigs kyi sgo nas dbye ba/ 1 byed rgyu 2 lhan cig byung ba'i rgyu 3 skal mnyam gyi rgyu 4 mtshungs ldan gyi rgyu 5 kun 'gro'i rgyu 6 rnam smin gyi rgyu
[division-eng] Terminological Div.: (1) creative cause; (2) co-arisen cause; (3) cause of equal/similar lot; (4) associational cause; (5) omnipresent cause; (6) fruitional cause
[comments] Comment: rgyu is used to make a verbal object noun as in bsgrub rgyu which means the same as bsgrub bya (that which is to be accomplished/achieved/practiced) or, in spoken Tibetan, bsgrub ya.