慳 [py] qiān [wg] ch'ien [ko] 간 kan [ja] ケン ken ||| (mātsarya, matsara, lobha; Pali pariggaha); Tib. ser sna. 'stinginess,' 'parsimony.' One of the lesser afflictions as listed in the Abhidharmakośa-bhāsya, one of the twenty secondary afflictions (隨煩惱) in the doctrine of the Yogācāra school 瑜伽行派. The name of the mental function whereby one is unable to give to others due to addiction to assets and/or dharma. 〔成唯識論T 1585.31.33b〕

[Dictionary References] Naka328c JE170a/188 FKS5810 DFB [Credit] cmuller(entry) cwittern(py)

Pariggaha [fr. pari+gṛh] 1. wrapping round, enclosing Th 1, 419 (? cp. Brethren 217 n. 6). -- 2. taking up, seizing on, acquiring, acquisition, also in bad sense of "grasping" Sn 779 (=taṇhā and diṭṭhi˚ Nd1 57); Ps i.172; ii.182 (nekkhamma˚ etc.); Nd1 11 (itthi˚ acquiring a wife); J vi.259; Miln 244 (āhara˚ abstinence in food), 313 (id.). -- 3. belongings, property, possessions D ii.58; iii.289=A iv.400; M i.137 (quoted at Nd1 122); S i.93; Sn 805; J iv.371; vi.259; PvA 76 (˚bhūta belonging to, the property of); VvA 213, 321. sa˚ with all (its) belongings S i.32. -- 4. a wife ThA271; PvA 161 (kata˚ wedded), 282; ThA 271. sapariggaha>apariggaha married>unmarried (in general, with ref. to the man as well as the woman) D i.247; Jiv.190; vi.348, 364. -- 5. grace, favour DA i.241 (āmisa˚ material grace).

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