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covetousness, selfishness, greedy, ravenous, envious [due to desire] [IW]

'dod chags kyi rtsa ba las byung ba'i sems gang zhig ,pha rol gyi bdog pa la rang gir 'dod pa'o, 'Covetousness', a frame of mind resulting from the root of desire, is the longing to make another's possessions one's own. [RY]

craving [RY]

covetousness; covetous; contentiousness, selfishness, greedy, ravenous, courtliness. def. 'dod chags kyi rtsa ba las byung ba'i sems gang zhig pha rol gyi bdog pa la rang gir 'dod ba'o envious mind [RY]

covetousness, desire of gain, covetousness, 1 of mi dge bcu [JV]

covetice, selfishness, greedy, ravenous, envious, selfish [IW]

Covetousness DKC

Discussion

Wrongly feeling greed for another's possessions; to want to take them by force or thievery. DKC