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disvāna

absolutive (past participle) of dassati

1. having seen

Built from

• dis- — root · see, behold
  From √dassati (causative of √dṛś). Carries the primary sense of visual perception or seeing.
• -vāna — ending · having done (absolutive)
  Absolutive suffix indicating an action completed before the main verb; common in narrative prose and suttas to mark temporal sequencing.

Etymology. √dassati (causative of √dṛś, 'see') forms the absolutive disvāna by dropping the -ti and adding the absolutive suffix -vāna. The root dṛś (Sanskrit dṛṅ-, 'see, behold') is cognate with English 'direct' (via Latin dīrigere, 'point out') and Greek derkomai 'see'. The causative sense 'to show, make see' is typical of the -ya formation in Pali.

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

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