noun
Ajase complex
A psychoanalytic concept describing feelings of guilt toward one's mother, originating from the Buddhist story of Prince Ajase. Used primarily in Japanese clinical psychology and cultural analysis.
阿闍世コンプレックスは、日本の精神分析でよく取り上げられる概念だ。
The Ajase complex is a concept often discussed in Japanese psychoanalysis.
Oedipus complex: focuses on the child's feelings toward the opposite-sex parent, while the Ajase complex centers on guilt toward the mother.
From the name of Prince Ajase (阿闍世) in Buddhist legend, who was said to have felt deep guilt toward his mother, combined with 'complex' (コンプレックス) in the psychoanalytic sense.