Nine kinds of defilement; also called 九品烦恼. A categorization of the removable defilements of desire 贪， anger 嗔， pride 慢， and ignorance 无明 into coarse and subtle according to nine levels. These in turn are divided among nine regions in the three realms 三界 to make a total of eighty-one types.［俱舍论、 T 1558.29.25b4］