Causality of precedence; antecedent causality （anantara-pratyaya）. One of the four kinds of causes 四缘 in Yoga^ca^ra thought， wherein mental phenomena have a direct order of prior and subsequent. ［摄大乘论 T 1593.31.115c27］ This is Parama^rtha's 真谛 translation of the term， whereas Xuanzang's 玄奘 translation is deng wujian yuan 等无间缘.