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sammādiṭṭhi

fem nom sg of sammādiṭṭhi (noun); fem voc sg of sammādiṭṭhi (noun); masc nom sg of sammādiṭṭhi (adj); fem nom sg of sammādiṭṭhi (adj); …

1. sammādiṭṭhi (fem): right view; correct outlook; correct belief
2. sammādiṭṭhi (fem): Majjhima Nikāya 9 (MN9); lit. (discourse on) right view
3. sammādiṭṭhi (adj): having right view; with correct outlook; with correct belief
4. sammādiṭṭhī (adj): having right view; with correct outlook; with correct belief

Built from

• sam — prefix · together, properly
  From PIE *sem- 'one, together'; works like Latin con-. The spatial sense 'brought together' undergoes the abstraction in sammādiṭṭhi to mean 'aligned' or 'correct'.
• mā — ending · adverbial marker
  Adverbial suffix forming sammā 'properly, correctly' from the prefix sam-.
• diṭ — root · see, perceive
  From PIE *derk- 'to see clearly'; Sanskrit dṛś, Greek derkomai. The root carries the visual metaphor of 'seeing' truth directly.
• thi — ending · feminine nominative singular noun
  Feminine nominative singular ending forming the noun diṭṭhi 'view, opinion' from the root diṭ-.

Analysis. sammā (adverb from sammā 'properly, correctly') + diṭṭhi (feminine noun from √dṛś 'to see'), a compound meaning 'properly-seen view' or 'view that is correct'; central to the Noble Eightfold Path as the first step (part of sammā-sańkappa etc.).

Etymology. sam- (together, properly) + √dṛś (to see; Sanskrit dṛś, Greek derkomai 'look', Old English 'torch' from PIE *derk- 'to see clearly'). The prefix sam- grounds the abstraction in concrete 'bringing together'—here, bringing perception into right alignment. Sammā itself derives from sam- + -ā, the adverbial form meaning 'in proper togetherness'.

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

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