to arise from or be caused by a certain reason

an account of the reasons, purpose, or history of a project, publication, or activity, similar to a preface

(Buddhism) the principle of Dependent Origination (pratītyasamutpāda) or karmic causality

the source, genesis, or starting point of an event or endeavor

a genre of Buddhist literature (Sanskrit: avadāna) consisting of stories about the past lives of figures to illustrate karmic causation; a style of Tang dynasty vernacular storytelling narrating such stories