# प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद (pratītyasamutpāda)

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प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद (pratītyasamutpāda) is a Sanskrit word meaning the chain of causation.

- **SLP1:** `pratItyasamutpAda`  **IAST:** pratītyasamutpāda  **Devanagari:** प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prat%C4%ABtyasamutp%C4%81da
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pratityasamutpada/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (1 definition)
- the chain of causation  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H4) [Printed book page 673,3] प्रती (pratī) त्य (tya) — समुत्पाद (—samutpāda) m. ( Buddhist literature (Literary category) ) the chain of causation, Lalita-vistara (Title) (twelvefold; cf. Dharmasaṃgraha (Title) 42 ). [ ID=133618 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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