Āhrīkya
| Translations of Āhrīkya | |
|---|---|
| English | lack of shame lack of consciousness shamelessness |
| Sanskrit | आह्रीक्य (IAST: āhrīkya) |
| Pali | ahirika |
| Burmese | အဟိီရိက |
| Chinese | 無慚 |
| Indonesian | tidak tahu malu |
| Khmer | អហិរិក , អហិរិកៈ (UNGEGN: ahek-rek, ahek-rekak) |
| Tibetan | ངོ་ཚ་མེད་པ། (Wylie: ngo tsha med pa; THL: ngotsa mepa) |
| Vietnamese | Vô Tàm |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
| Part of Theravāda Abhidhamma |
| 52 Cetasikas |
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| Theravāda Buddhism |
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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. In the Mahayana tradition, āhrīkya is defined as not restraining from wrongdoing due to one's own conscience.
Āhrīkya is identified as:
- One of the fourteen unwholesome mental factors within the Theravada Abhidharma teachings
- One of the twenty secondary unwholesome factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings