lit. 'wrongly-performed-ness' (ku+krta+ya),
i.e. scruples, remorse, uneasiness of conscience, worry, is one of the
karmically disadvantageous (akusala) mental abilities (Tab. II) which,
whenever it arises, is associated with hateful (discontented) consciousness
(Tab. I and III, 30, 31).
It is the 'repentance over wrong things done, and
right things neglected' (Com. to A. I).
Restlessness and scruples (uddhacca-kukkucca),
combined, are counted as one of the 5 mental hindrances (nīvarana).

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