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pratītyasamutpāda

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Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद (pratītyasamutpāda, “dependent origination”), from प्रतीत्य (pratītya, “dependence”) + समुत्पाद (samutpāda, “arising”).

noun paticcasamuppāda

  1. uncountable The principle that everything is interdependent, that all things arise in dependence upon multiple causes and conditions.
  2. uncountable The Twelve Nidānas.

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한국어연기 yeon'gi
日本語縁起 engi
中文緣起 /缘起 yuánqǐ
हिन्दीप्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद pratītyasamutpād
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"pratītyasamutpāda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/prat%C4%ABtyasamutp%C4%81da. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"pratītyasamutpāda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/prat%C4%ABtyasamutp%C4%81da.

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@misc{prati_tyasamutpa_da_2026,
  title = {pratītyasamutpāda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prat%C4%ABtyasamutp%C4%81da},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}