kāraṇa hetu

Tibetan: བྱེད་རྒྱུ་
Tibetan (Wylie): byed rgyu
Tibetan (phonetics): che gyu
English term: Productive Cause
Alternative: Active cause
English Definition: A phenomenon is said to be a productive cause of another when it is both substantially distinct from that phenomenon and does not obstruct its arisal. I.e. any dharma that either directly or indirectly–by not obstructing–contributes to the arising of another dharma.
Spanish: Causa productora