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pharitvā

absolutive of pharati

1. having suffused; having pervaded; having filled
2. having fulfilled; having encompassed

Built from

• phar — root · fill, spread, pervade
  Concrete sense: material diffusing outward to fill a space. Akin to Sanskrit spṛ- and Germanic *spred-.
• i — stem · thematic stem marker
  Connects the root to finite and non-finite forms.
• tvā — ending · absolutive marker
  Marks a completed action prior to the main verb; here, 'having suffused' or 'after suffusing'.

Etymology. √phar-, to fill or spread; cognate with Sanskrit spṛ- (to strew, spread) and English spread (via Proto-Germanic *spred-). The root carries the spatial sense of material spreading out to cover or occupy a space, hence the semantic shift to 'suffusing' and 'pervading' in meditation contexts.

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

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