Hetu
Hetu,[Vedic hetu,fr.hi to impel] 1.cause,reason,condition S.I,134; A.III,440 sq.; Dhs.595,1053; Vism.450; Tikp 11,233,239.In the older use paccaya and hetu are almost identical as synonyms,e.g.n’atthi hetu n’atthi paccayo D.I,53; aṭṭha hetū aṭṭha paccayā D.III,284 sq.; cp.S.III,69 sq.; D.II,107; M.I,407; A.I,55 sq.,66,200; IV,151 sq.; but later they were differentiated (see Mrs.Rh.D.,Tikp introd.p.xi.sq.).The diff.between the two is expld e.g.at Nett 78 sq.; DhsA.303.-- There are a number of other terms,with which hetu is often combd,apparently without distinction in meaning,e.g.hetu paccaya kāraṇa Nd2 617 (s.v.saṅkhā); mūla h.nidāna sambhava pabhava samuṭṭhāna āhāra ārammaṇa paccaya samudaya:frequent in the Niddesa (see Nd2 p.231,s.v.mūla).‹-› In the Abhidhamma we find hetu as “moral condition” referring to the 6 mūlas or bases of good & bad kamma,viz.lobha, dosa, moha and their opposites:Dhs.1053 sq.; Kvu 532 sq.-- Four kinds of hetu are distinguished at DhsA.303=VbhA.402,viz.hetu°,paccaya°,uttama°,sādhāraṇa°.Another 4 at Tikp 27,viz.kusala°,akusala°,vipāka°,kiriya°,and 9 at Tikp 252,viz.kusala°,akusala°,avyākata°,in 3X3 constellations (cp.DhsA.303).-- On term in detail see Cpd.279 sq.; Dhs.trsln §§ 1053,1075.-- Abl.hetuso from or by way of (its) cause S.V,304; A.III,417.-- Acc.hetu (-°) (elliptically as adv.) on account of,for the sake of (with Gen.); e.g.dāsa-kammakara-porisassa hetu M.II,187; kissa hetu why? A.III,303; IV,393; Sn.1131; Pv.II,81 (=kiṁ nimittaṁ PvA.106); pubbe kata° by reason (or in consequence) of what was formerly done A.I,173 sq.; dhana° for the sake of gain Sn.122.-- 2.suitability for the attainment of Arahantship,one of the 8 conditions precedent to becoming a Buddha Bu II.59=J.I,14,44.‹-› 3.logic Miln.3.
--paccaya the moral causal relation,the first of the 24 Paccayas in the Paṭṭhāna Tikp 1 sq.,23 sq.,60 sq.,287,320; Dukp 8,41 sq.; Vism.532; VbhA.174.--pabhava arising from a cause,conditioned Vin.I,40; DhA.I,92.--vāda the theory of cause,as adj.“proclaimer of a cause,” name of a sect M.I,409; opp.ahetu-vāda “denier of a cause” (also a sect) M.I,408; ahetu-vādin id.J.V,228,241 (=Jtm 149).(Page 733)