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Nidana means diagnosis and causative factors. The section [[Nidana Sthana]] deals with knowledge of disease in detail.
==Synonyms==
*[[Hetu]]
*[[nimitta]]
*[[ayatana]]
*[[karta]]
*[[karana]]
*[[pratyaya]]
*[[samutthana]]
==Types==
[[Nidana]] is of three types:
# Asatmyendriyarthasamyoga (unsuitable contact of sense organs with their objects)
# Pragyaparadha (intellectual errors or knowingly engaging in harmful activities), and
# Kala (time, seasonal, temporal factors). [3]