In this text, miserliness is one of the three factors at odds with the true Dharma because it impedes generosity and thus destroys merit.

One of one of twenty or twenty-four so-called secondary mental defilements/afflictions.

An afflictive emotion.

The mental state of stinginess, matsara is sometimes translated as “miserliness” or “avarice.” It is classified as one of the twenty subsidiary afflictions (upakleśa).

One of twenty or twenty-four so-called secondary mental defilements or afflictions.