apramoda

The reverse of pramoda q. v., a technical term to denote the

incapacity of removing the pains that are produced by cor-

poreal causes (fever, and other disorders of the three tem-

peramental elements air, bile or phlegm) or by mental causes

(privation of what is liked and approximation of what is

disliked), by not attending for this purpose a holy teacher

(the removal of such pains being required for the attain-

ment of final liberation); it is amongst the seventeen buddhi-

badha or obstructions of intellect one of the eight which are

the converse of the siddhi or perfections. Comp. apramudita

and the following. E. a neg. and pramoda.