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gahetvā

absolutive of gahati

1. having taken; having held; lit. having grasped
2. having taken control (of); having seized power; lit. having grasped
3. with; together with; lit. having grasped
4. (of strength) having regained; lit. having grasped
5. having arrested; having taken prisoner; lit. having grasped
6. having grabbed hold (of); having seized; lit. having grasped

Built from

• gah — root · seize, grasp
  Concrete imagery of taking hold; cognate with Latin prehendere (to seize). The root extends to meanings of control and possession.
• e — stem · stem formant
  Thematic vowel binding the root to inflection.
• tvā — ending · absolutive
  Marks the action as complete and prior to the main clause; functions as an adverbial participle indicating sequence or means.

Etymology. √gah (to seize, grasp) is cognate with Latin prehendere (to seize); the root expresses the concrete act of grasping and holding fast. The absolutive suffix -tvā marks completed action prior to the main verb.

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

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