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.
[1] 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.
[2][3] Auddhatya is identified as: Bhikkhu Bodhi states: In the Visuddhimagga (II, Part IX, Chapter I, 250) gives the following definition of uddhacca: Nina van Gorkom explains: The Abhidharma-samuccaya states: Mipham Rinpoche states: Alexander Berzin explains: B. Allan Wallace states: Mahayana tradition: Theravada tradition: