Ottappa
Ottappa,(nt.) [fr.tappati1 + ud,would corresp.to a Sk.form *auttapya fr.ut-tapya to be regretted,tormented by remorse.The BSk.form is a wrong adaptation of the Pāli form,taking o° for apa°,viz.apatrapya M Vastu III,53 and apatrapā ibid.I.463.Müller,P.Gr.& Fausböll,Sutta Nipāta Index were both misled by the BSk.form,as also recently Kern,Toev.s.v.] fear of exile,shrinking back from doing wrong,remorse.See on term and its distinction from hiri (shame) Dhs.trsl.20,also DhsA.124,126; Vism.8,9 and the definition at SnA 181.Ottappa generally goes with hiri as one of the 7 noble treasures (see ariya-dhanā).Hiri-ottappa It.36; J.I,129; hir-ottappa at M.I,271; S.II,220; V,1; A.II,78; IV,99,151; V,214; It.34; J.I,127,206; VvA.23.See also hiri.-- Further passages:D.III,212; M.I,356; S.II,196,206,208; V,89; A.I,50,83,95; III,4 sq.,352; IV,11; V,123 sq.; Pug.71; Dhs.147,277; Nett 39.-- anottappa (nt.) lack of conscience,unscrupulousness,disregard of morality A.I,50,83,95; III,421; V,146,214; Vbh.341,359,370,391; as adj.It.34 (ahirika +).
--gāravatā respect for conscience,A.III,331; IV,29.--dhana the treasure of (moral) self-control D.III,163,251,282; VvA.113.--bala the power of a (good) conscience D.III,253; Ps.II,169,176; Dhs.31,102 (trln. power of the fear of blame).(Page 166)