The best-known application of the concept of pratītyasamutpāda is the scheme of Twelve Nidānas (from Pāli "nidāna" meaning "<answer>cause, foundation, source or origin</answer>"), which explain the continuation of the cycle of suffering and rebirth (saṃsāra) in detail.[note 10]
What doe nidana mean?
cause, foundation, source or origin