Micchā (adv.) [Sk. mithyā, cp. Vedic mithaḥ interchanging, separate, opposite, contrary (opp. saṃyak 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 anariyaŋ. Illustrated by "pāṇaŋ hanati, adinnaŋ ādiyati, sandhiŋ chindati, nillopaŋ harati, ekāgārikaŋ karoti, paripanthe tiṭṭhati, paradāraŋ 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 Diii.45, 48, 264; Vism 426); ˚sankappa 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).