मान
Māna
Conceit / Pride / Self-comparison
慢
advancedMental Roots & Fetters (根與結)
Grammar 語法
masculine noun (a-stem): from māneti (to honour/think highly of)
Definition 釋義
The ninth fetter — the subtle residual sense of 'I am' that persists even after wrong views about self are abandoned. Māna operates through comparison: 'I am better than', 'I am equal to', 'I am worse than'. Even thinking 'I am equal to the arahants' is still māna. The Abhidhamma identifies nine forms of conceit based on three qualities (excellent, equal, inferior) and three comparisons. Māna is one of the last three fetters destroyed at arahantship, along with restlessness (uddhacca) and ignorance (avijjā).
Canonical Example 典籍例句
Māno kho, āvuso, anusayo.
Conceit, friend, is a latent tendency.
Source: MN 64
At a Glance
- Pali
- Māna
- IAST
- Māna
- Devanagari
- मान
- Chinese
- 慢
- Difficulty
- advanced
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