(p. 1060) hētu reason, cause; origin; the final cause; purpose; (log.) the argument for deduction; one of the five members of a syllogism in Indian logic. এই হেতু because of this, by this reason; by virtue of this; on account of this; for this purpose. ̃বাদ n. act of showing cause; mention of the cause; argument, reasoning; the preamble of a law. ̃বিদ্যা n. (phil.) teleology. 57)