samanantara-cause

Updated: May 7, 2025

And not only would the origination of the effect thus remain unexplained, but an admitted principle would also be contradicted. For you hold the principle that there are four causes bringing about the origination of a cognition, viz. the adhipati-cause, the sahakari-cause, the alambhana-cause, and the samanantara-cause. The term adhipati denotes the sense-organs.

- The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48