Mātsarya (Sanskrit; Pali: macchariya; Tibetan phonetic: serna) is a Buddhist/Hindu term translated as "stinginess" or "miserliness".
It is defined as being incapable of enjoying one’s own possessions and other material objects, clinging to them and being unwilling to part with them or share them with others.
[1][2] It is identified as: The Atthasālinī (II, Book I, Part IX, Chapter II, 257) gives the following definition of avarice (meanness): The Abhidharma-samuccaya states: Alexander Berzin explains: In the Avadānaśataka it is stated that mātsarya gives rise to "faults" (dosa) if it is practised, developed and cultivated.
If one embraces the ignoble dharma, the unjust vision of justice, it leads to a faulty logic that results in perverse conclusions.
Giving gifts and making offerings are two good ways to stop mātsarya to take hold of thoughts and avoid a rebirth as an hungry ghost.