Dependent Origination / Pratityasamutpada
(प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद)Literal Meaning
Arising in dependence on conditions
Etymology & Sanskrit Root
'Pratitya' (having depended) plus 'samutpada' (arising together); the Buddha's core insight that all phenomena arise in mutual dependence, with nothing existing independently.
Spiritual Insight & Context
Seeing dependent origination clearly is said to be equivalent to seeing the Dharma itself — it dissolves the illusion of a fixed, separate self.