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sandiṭṭhiko

sandiṭṭhika

masc nom sg of sandiṭṭhika (adj)

1. directly visible; evident; real; perceivable; (comm) able to be seen by oneself

Built from

• sam — prefix · together, completely
  Brings things into one; here, the object is brought into complete, unified perception. Cognate with English 'same', Latin con-, Greek homo-.
• di — root · see, perceive
  From √dṛś. Cognates include English 'look', Greek derkomai. The root carries the sense of direct vision.
• ṭṭha — stem · placed, situated
  Past participle of √ṭhā (stand, be placed); here fused with di- to form diṭṭha 'seen' (literally 'placed in sight'). Cognate with Latin stāre, English 'stand'.
• ika — ending · adjective formant
  Derives an adjective from the past participle diṭṭha. Marks the word as an adjectival quality, making it designate 'characterized by direct seeing'.

Analysis. sam + di + ṭṭhika: 'placed together into sight' — a compound of sam- (together, completely) and diṭṭha (seen, past participle of passati 'sees'), with the suffix -ika forming the adjective. The word describes what is evident directly to the observer, not requiring inference.

Etymology. Root √dṛś (Sanskrit dṛśyate 'is seen'; English 'look', 'view' share the cognate family; Greek derkomai 'see'). The prefix sam- means 'together, completely', bringing the abstract sense of unified, full perception. The -ika suffix is a standard Pali adjective formant (Sanskrit -ika).

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

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