What is the meaning of हेतु?

cause, reason (that which causes)

motive (reason for a particular action)

cause, reason

Devanagari script form of hetu

"impulse", motive, cause, cause of, reason for (+locative, rarely dative or genitive)

(at the end of a compound) "having as a cause or motive", "caused or effected or actuated or attracted or impelled by"

a logical reason or deduction or argument, the reason for an inference (especially applied to the second member or अवयव (avayava) of the five-membered syllogism; compare न्याय (nyāya))

logic (in general, compare हेतुविद्या (hetuvidyā))

the agent of the causal verb

(with Buddhists) primary cause (as opposed to प्रत्यय (pratyaya))

(with पशुपति (paśu-pati)s) that which causes the bondage of the soul i.e. the external world and the senses

the means

mode, manner

price, cost

condition

= काव्यलिङ्ग (kāvya-liṅga)

Source: wiktionary.org