adjective selfish, envious, greedy (cp. Dhs trsl.² p. 320); AN.ii.82; AN.iii.139, AN.iii.258, AN.iii.265; DN.iii.45, DN.iii.246; Dhp.263; Snp.136, Snp.663; Mnd.36; Ja.i.345; Ja.v.391; Vv. …

selfish in regard to (supportive) families

selfish about dwellings

…generous DN.iii.47 (+ amaccharin; variant reading anussukin); Snp-a.569 (see under niṭṭhurin).

an + issukin,…

…with amakkhin & amaccharin) or “brave, fearless, energetic” (= apalāyin) DN.iii.47 cp. Pp.22. See…

…apihālu); Snp.852 (+ amaccharin, expl^d. at Snp-a.549 as apihana-sīlo, patthanātanhāya rahito ti vuttaṃ hoti, thus perhaps…

…gacchanti ti pi avadāniyā; maccharino pi vuccanti avadāniyā; buddhānaṃ vacanaṃ n’âdiyantī ti avadāniyā. Snp-a.516 condenses this…

…saddho purisapuggalo sabbe maccharino loke cāgena atirocati “he who is virtuous & religious excels all stingy people in generosity”…

…Snp.487 Pv.i.11#4 (+ amaccharin) Ja.i.199 Mil.279f.; Sdhp.275 Sdhp.303

• -puñña the religious merit of almsgiving or liberality ‣See…

…future life Dhp.380; esā maccharino gati “this is the fate of the selfish” Pv.iii.1#14; sabbagatī te ijjhantu “all fate be a success to…

…jealous Vin.ii.89 (+ maccharin); DN.iii.45, DN.iii.246; MN.i.43, MN.i.96; SN.iv.241; AN.iii.140, AN.iii.335; AN.iv.2; Dhp.262; Ja.iii.259;…

…enjoyable; later period also “envious,” cp. maccharin

…Snp.244; Pv-a.68 (+ maccharin); kiṃ˚; of what behaviour? Pv.ii.9#13 keḷi˚; tricky Pv-a.241; damana˚; one who conquers…

…thambha & thūṇa.

• -maccharin obdurate & selfish, or very selfish Dhp-a.iii.313; Vv-a.69; Pv-a.45; *…