偶ぐう因いん

noun

contingent cause

Buddhist philosophical term for a cause that arises incidentally or conditionally, as opposed to a direct or primary cause. Rare in everyday language.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうの因いん果が論ろんでは、偶ぐう因いんは直ちょく接せつ的てきな原げん因いんとは区く別べつされる。

  In Buddhist causality theory, a contingent cause is distinguished from a direct cause.