[886] Therein, what is the conceit (māna) 'I am superior' of one who is superior?
Here someone is superior — by birth (jāti), or by clan, or by family standing, or by beauty of complexion, or by wealth, or by study, or by sphere of work (kammāyatana), or by sphere of craft (sippāyatana), or by branch of knowledge (vijjāṭṭhāna), or by learning, or by intelligence; on one ground or another he regards himself as superior to others. In dependence on that, he harbours conceit. That which is of such a form — conceit, conceiving (maññanā), the state of being conceited (maññitatta), loftiness (uṇṇati), haughtiness (uṇṇāma), flaunting a flag (dhaja), self-exaltation (sampaggāha), the desire of the mind (citta) for a banner (ketukamyatā) — this is called the conceit 'I am superior' of one who is superior.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.