Buddhist Philosophy in India and Ceylon c10.s1.3

c10.s1.3

The vagueness of the conception is reflected in the language which uses without attempt at differentiation a whole series of terms¹ (*hetu*, *paccaya*, *nidāna*, *samudaya*, *jātika*, *pabhava*, *kāraṇa*, *nimitta*, *liṅga*). The point is essential, for it explains how in the chain of causation the idea of cause is applied in varying aspects without consciousness of inappropriateness.