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diṭṭheva

diṭṭha

past participle + emphatic particle eva; nominative singular or accusative singular neuter

1. diṭṭha (pp): seen; found; visible
2. diṭṭha (nt): what is seen; lit. seen
3. diṭṭha (nt): sight; seeing; vision; lit. seen
4. diṭṭha (masc): foe; enemy; adversary; lit. disliked
5. diṭṭhā (ind): wow!; fantastic!; lit. seen
6. diṭṭhi (fem): view; belief; opinion; concept; theory; attitude; philosophy; credo; creed; dogma
7. diṭṭhi (fem): wrong view; incorrect belief
8. diṭṭhī (adj): having a view; having the opinion; holding the belief
9. …

Built from

• diṭṭha — root · seen, visible
  Past participle of √dṛś (see), from IE *derḱ-. Conveys the passive sense 'what is perceived by the eye' and is foundational to diṭṭhi (view, opinion) — what one has seen and holds as doctrine.
• eva — prefix · indeed, just, only
  Emphatic particle reinforcing the immediately preceding word; here it underscores the visual immediacy or certainty of what is seen, making 'diṭṭheva' mean 'plainly seen' or 'manifestly visible.'

Analysis. diṭṭha (past participle of √dṛś 'see') + eva (emphatic particle 'indeed, just, only'); the -a in diṭṭha elides before eva in some contexts, yielding diṭṭheva as a sandhi fusion emphasizing the visual fact.

Etymology. √dṛś (see) from Indo-European *derḱ- 'to see, perceive' (cognates: English dark, Sanskrit darśana 'sight', Latin dorcas 'gazelle' from the sharp-eyed). The prefix-like intensification by eva ('just, plainly') reinforces the directness of vision in philosophical contexts (e.g. diṭṭhisucaraṇa 'following one's own view').

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

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