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karitvā
absolutive of karoti
- having done; having performed
- having made
- having built; having constructed
- having compared (somebody with); lit. having made
Built from
- kar — root · make, do
The root kar- appears in Sanskrit kṛ, Latin creare, and English craft; the concrete sense is shaping or building.
- i — stem · thematic vowel
The thematic -i- marks the second conjugation class, as in karoti (he makes).
- tvā — ending · having (done)
The absolutive ending -tvā marks a completed action logically prior to the main verb, equivalent to Latin -tus or English -ing in perfect sense.
Etymology. √kar- (make, do) is cognate with Latin creare (create) and English craft; the absolutive -tvā is from Proto-Indo-European *-twe, marking a completed action prior to the main verb.