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diṭṭhīnaṁ

diṭṭhi

genitive plural of diṭṭhi (feminine noun)

1. view
2. opinion
3. doctrine
4. false or speculative belief

Built from

• diṭ — root · see, perceive
  from Indo-European *derk- (to see, look): cognates English direct, Latin dīrigō. The act of looking becomes the content of sight—a 'view' or belief.
• thi — ending · nominalizing suffix
  forms feminine abstract nouns from roots; -i marks the nominative singular feminine stem.
• ṁ — ending · genitive plural
  the genitive plural ending on the stem diṭṭhi, here diṭṭhī- becomes diṭṭhī-naṁ: 'of the views'.

Etymology. from √dṛś (see, perceive); related to Sanskrit dṛṣṭi. In Buddhist doctrine, diṭṭhi often denotes fixed metaphysical views held as personal certainty, especially the wrong views (micchādiṭṭhi) that impede liberation.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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