Macchariya
Macchariya,& Macchera (nt.) [cp.Epic Sk.mātsarya] avarice,stinginess,selfishness,envy; one of the principal evil passions & the main cause of rebirth in the Petaloka.-- 1.macchariya:A.I,95,299; III,272; Dh.III,44 (issā°),289; Sn.863 (°yutta),928; Pug.19,23; Vbh.357,389,391.-- Five sorts of selfishness are mentioned:āvāsa°, kula°, lābha°, vaṇṇa°, dhamma° D.III,234; Nd1 118,227; A.IV,456; Dhs.1122 (cp.Dhs.tsrl.2 p.276); Vism.683; DhsA.373,374.Selfishness is one of the evil conditions which have to be renounced as habits of mind by force of intelligence A.V,40,209; Miln.289; PvA.87,124.-- 2.macchera A.I,105 (°mala),281; Dh.242; It.18; Nd1 260; Sdhp.313,510.At A.II,58 and elsewhere the state called vigata-mala-macchera “with the stain of avarice vanished,” is freq.mentioned as a feature of the blameless life and a preparation for Arahantship.-- Note.The (etym.) expln of macchariya at VbhA.513 is rather interesting:“idaṁ acchariyaṁ mayhaṁ eva hotu,mā aññassa acchariyaṁ hotū ti pavattattā macchariyan ti vuccati” (from the Purāṇas? ).(Page 514)