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noun
The principle that everything is interdependent, that all things arise in dependence upon multiple causes and conditions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: chiefly Mahayana Buddhism
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noun
The Twelve Nidānas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: chiefly Theravada Buddhism
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History
Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद (pratītyasamutpāda, “dependent origination”), from प्रतीत्य (pratītya, “dependence”) + समुत्पाद (samutpāda, “arising”).
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