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diṭṭhiyo

diṭṭhi

fem nom pl of diṭṭhi (noun); fem acc pl of diṭṭhi (noun); fem voc pl of diṭṭhi (noun); fem nom pl of diṭṭhi (adj); …

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. diṭṭhi (adj): with a view; having a belief; holding an opinion; with a theory

Built from

• di — root · see, perceive
  From PIE *derḱ- 'to see, perceive'. Cognate with Sanskrit dṛś, Latin dīrigō, English direct. The concrete sense of perceiving with the eye extends to mental seeing, hence viewing or holding a view.
• ṭṭhi — ending · feminine abstract noun
  Feminine nominalization suffix forming abstract nouns from verbal roots. Here creating the feminine noun diṭṭhi 'the act of seeing' > 'a view, doctrine, opinion'.

Etymology. From √dṛś 'see' (Sanskrit darśana 'sight, doctrine', Latin dīrigō 'direct the gaze', English direct). The noun diṭṭhi literally means 'seeing' or 'what is seen', hence 'view' as both the act of viewing and the object beheld. In Buddhist usage it came to mean doctrine, philosophy, and especially the fixed views (diṭṭhigatā) that obstruct understanding.

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

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