selfish attachment, self-interest, selfishness Pv-a.230 In canonic books only in combination with ahaṅkāra mān’ ānusaya; (belief in an ego and bias of conceit) e.g. at MN.iii.18, MN.iii.32; SN.iii.80, SN.iii.103, SN.iii.136, SN.iii.169; SN.iv.41, SN.iv.197 SN.iv.202; AN.i.132 sq.; AN.iii.444. See also mamiṅkāra.

mamaṃ (= mama) + kāra, cp. ahaṃ + kāra