因いん

noun

cause; factor

General term for a direct cause or contributing factor. Often used in formal, academic, or analytical contexts.

• 事じ故この因いんを調ちょう査さする。

  Investigate the cause of the accident.

• 成せい功こうの因いんは努ど力りょくにある。

  The factor behind success is effort.

noun

hetu (direct cause in Buddhism)

Buddhist technical term for the direct, primary cause, as distinguished from indirect conditions (縁). Used in doctrinal discussions.

See also: 縁 (えん)

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、因いんと縁えんが揃そろって結けっ果かが生しょうじると説とく。

  Buddhism teaches that results arise when direct causes (因) and indirect conditions (縁) come together.

noun

basis of an argument (in hetuvidya)

Specialized term in Buddhist logic (因明) referring to the reason or ground of an argument. Rare outside academic study of hetuvidya.

See also: 因明

• 因いん明みょうでは、主しゅ張ちょうを支ささえる因いんが正ただしいかどうかを厳げん密みつに検けん討とうする。

  In hetuvidya, one rigorously examines whether the basis (因) supporting a proposition is correct.