十じゅう二に縁えん起ぎ説せつ

noun

twelve-fold chain of causation; twelve causal links

Buddhist technical term for the doctrine of dependent origination (Sanskrit: pratītya-samutpāda). Used in scholarly or religious contexts.

• 十じゅう二に縁えん起ぎ説せつは仏ぶっ教きょうの根こん本ぽん的てきな教おしえの一ひとつです。

  The theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation is one of the fundamental teachings of Buddhism.