adjective
hetuka , adj. or subst. ( cf. AMg. heuya, adj. , causal ), causal , or (= hetu) cause : °kās trayaḥ saṃjñā(ḥ) LV 374.11 ( vs ), the three false notions which are causal , or causes (= hetu); see s.v. saṃjñā 4.
connected with a cause
Hetuka (adjective) (—°) [from hetu] connected with a cause, causing or caused, conditioned by, consisting in Mhv 1, 45 (maṇi-pallaṅka°); Dhs 1009 (pahātabba°); Vibh-a 17 (du°, ti°). usually as sa° and a° (with and without a moral condition) A I 82; Vism 454 f.; Dukap 24 f. sa° Dhs 1073 (translation "having root-conditions as concomitants"); Kv 533 ("accompanied by moral conditions"); a° S III 210 (°vāda, as a "diṭṭhi"); Vism 450.
hetuka a. Causing, producing (at the end of comp. ). — kaH 1 A cause, reason. 2 An instrument. 3 A logician.
(adj, adj, from hetu) having a cause; with a basis; with grounds connected with a cause Construction: √hi > he + *tu + ka hetu + ka