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seyyathidaṁsammādiṭṭhi

seyyathidaṁ

indeclinable (conjunction/particle); here introducing an exemplary list of right view

1. for example
2. that is to say
3. namely

Built from

• seyyathā — root · in which manner
  Intensified form of yathā; marks comparison or exemplification.
• idaṁ — root · this
  Proximal demonstrative pronoun, here signaling "the following example."
• sammā — prefix · rightly, together
  sam- (together, properly) intensifies the moral and doctrinal propriety of the view that follows.
• diṭ — root · see, view
  √dis; vision of phenomena in their true nature.
• thi — ending · feminine nominative singular
  Marks diṭṭhi as a feminine abstract noun, standard for Pali action-nouns in -thi.

Analysis. seyyathidaṁ is a contraction of seyyathā ("in which manner") + idaṁ ("this"); here it introduces sammādiṭṭhi ("right view") as an exemplification of the preceding context. sammādiṭṭhi = sammā ("rightly") + diṭṭhi ("view"), a key term in the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.

Etymology. seyyathā derives from yathā ("in which way, as") with an intensive prefix; idaṁ is the proximal demonstrative. sammā is from sam- (together, rightly) + root √mā (to measure, think); diṭṭhi from √dis (to see). Together sammādiṭṭhi represents the doctrinal centerpiece of the Path to Nirvana: vision of things as they truly are (anicca, dukkha, anattā).

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

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