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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 53

[53] What on that occasion is moral shame (hirī)? That which on that occasion is being ashamed — being ashamed of that of which one ought to be ashamed, being ashamed of the attaining of evil, unwholesome phenomena (dhammā) — this on that occasion is moral shame.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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