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diṭṭhaṁ

diṭṭha

past participle (nominalized singular neuter accusative) of passati; literally 'seen' but used as a noun meaning 'view, opinion'

1. view, opinion, belief
2. sight, appearance

Built from

• di — root · see
  From √dṛś, 'to perceive, view'. The Indo-European root *derk- appears in Latin dīcere and English direct.
• ṭṭha — ending · past participle
  The -ṭha suffix forms the past participle; -ṁ is the neuter singular accusative ending used when the participle is substantivized.

Analysis. Simple past participle of √dṛś (see), used substantivally. In doctrinal contexts, diṭṭhi (the noun form) refers to wrong views that obscure the path, particularly sakkāyadiṭṭhi (the belief in a self).

Etymology. From Indo-European √*derk- 'to see': cognate with Sanskrit dṛś, Latin dīcere 'point out', English direct. The past participle stem -ṭha- preserves the zero-grade of the root.

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

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