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Translations of Āhrīkya | |
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English | lack of shame lack of consciousness shamelessness |
Sanskrit | आह्रीक्य ( IAST: āhrīkya) |
Pali | ahirika |
Chinese | 無慚 |
Khmer | អហិរិក , អហិរិកៈ ( UNGEGN: ahek-rek, ahek-rekak) |
Tibetan | ངོ་ཚ་མེད་པ། ( Wylie: ngo tsha med pa; THL: ngotsa mepa) |
Glossary of Buddhism |
Āhrīkya (Sanskrit; Pali: ahirika; Tibetan phonetic: ngotsa mepa) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "lack of shame", "lack of conscience", etc. In the Theravada tradition, ahirika is defined as the absence of disgust at physical or verbal misconduct. [1] In the Mahayana tradition, āhrīkya is defined as not restraining from wrongdoing due to one's own conscience. [2] [3]
Āhrīkya is identified as:
In the Visuddhimagga (XIV, 160), ahirika (consciencelessness) is defined together with anottappa (shamelessness) as follows:
Nina van Gorkom explains:
The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:
Alexander Berzin explains:
![]() | This article contains
too many or overly lengthy quotations. (July 2016) |
Translations of Āhrīkya | |
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English | lack of shame lack of consciousness shamelessness |
Sanskrit | आह्रीक्य ( IAST: āhrīkya) |
Pali | ahirika |
Chinese | 無慚 |
Khmer | អហិរិក , អហិរិកៈ ( UNGEGN: ahek-rek, ahek-rekak) |
Tibetan | ངོ་ཚ་མེད་པ། ( Wylie: ngo tsha med pa; THL: ngotsa mepa) |
Glossary of Buddhism |
Āhrīkya (Sanskrit; Pali: ahirika; Tibetan phonetic: ngotsa mepa) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "lack of shame", "lack of conscience", etc. In the Theravada tradition, ahirika is defined as the absence of disgust at physical or verbal misconduct. [1] In the Mahayana tradition, āhrīkya is defined as not restraining from wrongdoing due to one's own conscience. [2] [3]
Āhrīkya is identified as:
In the Visuddhimagga (XIV, 160), ahirika (consciencelessness) is defined together with anottappa (shamelessness) as follows:
Nina van Gorkom explains:
The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:
Alexander Berzin explains: