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diṭṭhigataṁ

diṭṭhigata

accusative singular neuter of diṭṭhigata (adjective/past participle); from √gam 'go' with prefix diṭṭhi 'view'

1. gone into view
2. caught in view
3. adopted as opinion

Built from

• diṭṭhi — root · view, opinion
  From √dis, 'to see or point out'; the concrete sense of 'seeing' becomes the abstract 'holding a viewpoint'.
• gata — ending · gone, entered, adopted
  Past participle of √gam 'go'; marks completion and stasis—the view is now entered into and held.

Analysis. diṭṭhi (view, opinion) + gata (gone, entered into, adopted) — 'entered into a view', i.e. bound by or committed to a particular stance or opinion; in the canon, often describes the pitfall of being trapped in wrong views.

Etymology. diṭṭhi from √dis 'see' (related to English 'dish' in the sense 'to look at', and Latin dicere 'say' — both from the root meaning 'point/show'); gata from √gam 'go' (cognate with English 'come', Latin venire); the image is of falling into or adopting a viewpoint as one travels.

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

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