pratītyasamutpāda
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- paticcasamuppāda (In Pali, the lingua franca of the Theravada tradition)
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद (pratītyasamutpāda, “dependent origination”), from प्रतीत्य (pratītya, “dependence”) + समुत्पाद (samutpāda, “arising”).
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Noun[edit]
pratītyasamutpāda (uncountable)
- (chiefly Mahayana Buddhism) The principle that everything is interdependent, that all things arise in dependence upon multiple causes and conditions.
- (chiefly Theravada Buddhism) The Twelve Nidānas.
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Further reading[edit]
- pratītyasamutpāda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia