Mātsarya


Mātsarya is a Buddhist/Hindu term translated as "stinginess" or "miserliness". It is defined as being incapable of enjoying one’s own possessions and other material objects, clinging to them and being unwilling to part with them or share them with others.
It is identified as:

Theravada

The Atthasālinī gives the following definition of avarice :

Mahayana

The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:
Alexander Berzin explains: