[578] **Abandoners of conceit and denigration** (mānamakkhappahāyino): as to **conceit** (māna) — in one way, conceit is the haughtiness of the mind (citta). In two ways, conceit is: conceit as self-exaltation and conceit as disparagement of others. In three ways, conceit is: the conceit "I am superior," the conceit "I am equal," the conceit "I am inferior." In four ways, conceit is: one generates conceit through gain, one generates conceit through fame, one generates conceit through praise, one generates conceit through pleasure. In five ways, conceit is: one generates conceit thinking, "I am a gainer of agreeable forms"; one generates conceit thinking, "I am a gainer of agreeable sounds, odors, tastes, and tangibles." In six ways, conceit is: one generates conceit through the accomplishment of the eye; one generates conceit through the accomplishment of the ear, the accomplishment of the nose, the accomplishment of the tongue, the accomplishment of the body, the accomplishment of the mind. In seven ways, conceit is: conceit, excessive conceit, conceit surpassing conceit, the conceit of inferiority, contemptuous conceit, the conceit "I am" (asmimāna), wrong conceit. In eight ways, conceit is: one generates conceit through gain; one generates the conceit of inferiority through loss; one generates conceit through fame; one generates the conceit of inferiority through obscurity; one generates conceit through praise; one generates the conceit of inferiority through blame; one generates conceit through pleasure; one generates the conceit of inferiority through pain. In nine ways, conceit is: the conceit "I am superior" in one who is superior; the conceit "I am equal" in one who is superior; the conceit "I am inferior" in one who is superior; the conceit "I am superior" in one who is equal; the conceit "I am equal" in one who is equal; the conceit "I am inferior" in one who is equal; the conceit "I am superior" in one who is inferior; the conceit "I am equal" in one who is inferior; the conceit "I am inferior" in one who is inferior. In ten ways, conceit is: here someone generates conceit through birth, or through clan, or through being the son of a good family, or through beauty of complexion, or through wealth, or through study, or through a sphere of work, or through a sphere of craft, or through a branch of knowledge, or through learning, or through ingenuity, or through some other basis. Whatever conceit of such a kind there is — conceiving, the state of having conceived, haughtiness, bearing oneself aloft like a reed, [conceit like] a banner, self-exaltation, the mind's desire for a banner — this is called conceit.
As to **denigration** (makkha): denigration, the act of denigrating, the state of having denigrated, the deed of callous ingratitude — this is called denigration. For the Buddha, the Blessed One, conceit and denigration have been abandoned, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, not subject to future arising. Therefore the Buddha is an abandoner of conceit and denigration — hence, "abandoners of conceit and denigration."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.