Upakleśa
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upakleśa; Secondary defilement. In its less technical sense, this term is also used to refer to defilement in general.
upa-kleśa m. (with Buddh.) a lesser Kleśa (q.v.) or cause of misery (as conceit, pride &c.) Sarvad
1) five omnipresent (kun 'gro, sarvatraga) mental factors;
(2) five determining (yul nges, viṣaya-pratiniyama) mental factors;
(3) eleven virtuous (dge ba, kuśala) mental factors;
(4) six root afflictions (rtsa nyon, mūla-kleśa);
(5) twenty secondary afflictions (nye nyong, upakleśa); and
(6) four changeable (gzhan 'gyur, anyathābhāva) mental factors.
The twenty secondary afflictions are:
(1) belligerence (khro ba, krodha);
(2) resentment ('khon 'dzin, upanāha);
(3) concealment ('chab pa, mrakṣa);
(4) spite ('tshig pa, pradāsa);
(5) jealousy (īrṣyā);
(6) miserliness (mātsarya);
(7) deceit (sgyu, māyā);
(8) dissimulation (g.yo, śāṭhya);
(9) haughtiness (rgyags pa, mada);
(10) harmfulness (rnam par 'tshe ba, vihiṃsā);
(11) non-shame (ngo tsha med pa, āhrīkya);
(12) non-embarrassment (khrel med, anapatrāpya);
(13) lethargy (rmugs pa, styāna);
(14) excitement (rgod pa, auddhatya);
(15) non-faith (ma dad pa, āśraddhya);
(16) laziness (le lo, kausīdya);
(17) non-conscientiousness (bag med pa, pramāda);
(18) forgetfulness (brjed nges pa, muṣita-smṛtitā);
(19) non-introspection (shes bzhin ma yin pa, asaṃprajanya);
(20) distraction (rnam par g/yeng pa, vikṣepya).