a band, a rope, a halter. Theosophically, a first or original cause; a primary or remote cause; original form or cause of a thing; in ancient medicine of the Hindus the study of symptoms to determine remote or primary cause of the disease was a department with sixteen divisions, one being called nidana sthana. In metaphysics and the psychology of o...
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Nidana is a Sanskrit word (from ni = down, into + the verbal root da = to bind). It means `chain of causation,` and is attributed to Shakyamuni Buddha. It has two specific meanings within Buddhism. The more common use refers to the Twelve nidanas or `a concatenation of cause and effect`, which is the cycle of rebirth as described by Gautama up...
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any of 12 aspects of Samsara, or the cycle of birth and death, often compared to 12 spokes of a wheel.
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