What is "auddhatya"

Auddhatya (Sanskrit; Pali: uddhacca; Tibetan phonetic: ''göpa '') is a Buddhist term that is translated as "excitement", "restlessness", etc. In the Theravada tradition, uddhacca is defined as a mental factor that is characterized by disquietude, like water whipped by the wind. In the Mahayana tradition, auddhatya is defined as a mental factor that causes our mind to fly off from an object and recollect something else.

Auddhatya (Pali: uddhacca) is identified as:

• One of the fourteen unwholesome mental factors within the Theravada Abhidharma teachings
• One of the twenty secondary unwholesome factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings
• One of the five hindrances to meditation (in combination with kukkucca)
• One of the five faults or obstacles to shamatha meditation within the Mahayana teachings.
• One of the ten fetters in the Theravada tradition