Micchā
Micchā,(adv.) [Sk.mithyā,cp.Vedic mithaḥ interchanging,separate,opposite,contrary (opp.sa’yak together:see samma); mithū wrongly; see also mithu] wrongly,in a wrong way,wrong-,false Sn.438 (laddho yaso),815 (paṭipajjati leads a wrong course of life,almost syn.with anariyaṁ.Illustrated by “pāṇaṁ hanati,adinnaṁ ādiyati,sandhiṁ chindati,nillopaṁ harati,ekāgārikaṁ karoti,paripanthe tiṭṭhati,paradāraṁ gacchati,musā bhaṇati” at Nd1 144); VbhA.513 (°ñāṇa,°vimutti).--micchā° often in same combns as sammā°,with which contrasted,e.g.with the 8 parts of (an-) ariya-magga,viz.°diṭṭhi (wrong) views (D.III,52,70 sq.,76,111,246,269,287,290,Dh.167,316 sq.; Pug.39; Vism.469 (def.) PvA.27,42,54,67; cp.°ka one who holds wrong views D.III,45,48,264; Vism.426); °saṅkappa aspiration (D.III,254,287,290 sq.,Dh.11); °vācā speech (ibid.); °kammanta conduct (ibid.); °ājīva living (D.III,176 sq.,254,290; A.II,53,240,270,IV.82); °vāyāma effort (D.III,254,287,290 sq.); °sati mindfulness (ibid.); °samādhi concentration (ibid.); see magga 2,and cp.the following:
--gahaṇa wrong conception,mistake J.III,304.--cāra wrong behaviour Pug.39 (& adj.cārin); VbhA.383 (var.degrees).--paṭipadā wrong path (of life) Pug.49 (& adj.:°paṭipanna,living wrongly).--paṇihita (citta) wrongly directed mind Dh.42=Ud.39 [cp.BSk.mithyāpraṇidhāna Divy 14].--patha wrong road,wrong course Vbh.145 (lit.& fig.; in exegesis of diṭṭhi,cp.Nd2 taṇhā III,; Dhs.381; DhsA.253).(Page 532)