noun
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anything producing an effect or result; a cause.
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a person or thing acting voluntarily or involuntarily as the agent that brings about an effect or result.
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a reason, motive or ground for some action, feeling, etc.; esp., sufficient reason.
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a generative cause; a creator; a god; a father.
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necessity or obligation created by some situation; a need.
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a heavenly soul that has taken birth on the earth for some special purpose.
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an auspicious occasion or celebration.
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one of the twenty eight Śaiva sectarian works which contain mythological, epical and philosophical materials.
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the causal body that carries the seeds of the past deeds into future lives.
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pain; agony; distress.