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gantvā
absolutive of gacchati
- having gone; having travelled (to)
- having given preference (to); having given weight (to); having gone by; having based one's argument (on)
Built from
- gam — root · go
The basic root of motion. In compounds and with prefixes it takes on directional senses (āgacchati 'comes', suggesting motion toward; vigacchati 'goes away').
- tvā — ending · absolutive marker
Forms the absolutive (indeclinable participle), marking an action completed before or simultaneous with the main verb, with the same agent. Here the -t- is the past participle stem and -vā is the absolutive suffix.
Etymology. √gam 'go', cognate with Latin venire 'come' (from *gwem-), Greek βαίνω bainō 'step', English come (from Germanic *kwem-). The root is ancient Indo-European *gwem- 'go, come'. The absolutive ending -tvā marks completed action prior to the main verb.