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diṭṭhiyā

diṭṭhi

fem instr sg of diṭṭhi (noun); fem dat sg of diṭṭhi (noun); fem abl sg of diṭṭhi (noun); fem gen sg of diṭṭhi (noun); …

1. diṭṭhi (fem): view; belief; opinion; concept; theory; attitude; philosophy; credo; creed; dogma
2. diṭṭhi (fem): wrong view; incorrect belief
3. diṭṭhiya (adj): following views
4. diṭṭhī (adj): having a view; having the opinion; holding the belief
5. diṭṭhi (adj): with a view; having a belief; holding an opinion; with a theory

Built from

• diṭ — root · see
  from Indo-European *derḱ- 'to see, perceive'; English direct, Latin dīrigō, Greek dérkesthai all descend from this root. The double consonant reflects assimilation in the Pali past participle stem.
• ṭhi — ending · feminine nominative abstract
  feminine singular abstract noun suffix forming dṛṣṭi-type nominals from verb roots; here creating the noun 'view, seeing' from the root 'see'.

Etymology. from √dṛś (Sanskrit dṛṣṭi) 'seeing, sight'; cognate with English direct, Latin dīrigō, Greek dérkesthai 'to see'. The abstract noun diṭṭhi shifts from 'the act of seeing' to 'that which is seen' and then to 'a view held in the mind'—a common semantic trajectory. In Buddhist doctrine, sammādiṭṭhi ('right view') is the first factor of the Noble Eightfold Path, while micchādiṭṭhi ('wrong view') binds beings to suffering.

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

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