Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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The work, or operation, of cause, or causes, i. e. the co-operation of direct and indirect causes, of primary and environmental causes.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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因,指一切諸法之原因;即引生結果之直接內在原因。業,即業力;為引生結果之外在緣力。與「因緣」之義相當,二者皆能引生諸法之結果。大日經卷二認為,一切諸法無有形像,惟從因業而起。〔大日經疏卷十九〕
Source
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佛光電子大辭典
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p2301
Definition[3]
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hetu-karman, hetu-karma-bala, karman.
Source
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佛教漢梵大辭典, 平川彰 Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary, Akira Hirakawa
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p 625
Definition[4]
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===(術語)因者有親生結果之力,業者為生果助緣之所作,即因與緣。此二相和而諸法生。大日經二曰:「諸法無形像,清澄無垢濁,無執離言說,但從因業起。」大日經疏十九曰:「因如鏡,業如身,對鏡而影現也。」
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》