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saṅkantitvā

absolutive of saṅkantati

1. having cut; having sliced; having severed

Built from

• saṅ — prefix · together, with
  Intensifies the action; concrete sense of bringing things into one through cutting or division.
• kand — root · cut, carve, break
  Related to Sanskrit chindati (to cut); the imagery is of severing or slicing through material.
• i — stem · thematic vowel
  Forms the present stem for a-class verbs.
• tvā — ending · absolutive
  Marks completion of the action before the main verb; roughly equivalent to an English gerund or participle after 'having'.

Analysis. saṅ + kand + i + tvā: saṅ- (together, with) + √kand- (cut, break) + -i- (thematic vowel) + -tvā (absolutive ending, marking the action as completed before the main verb).

Etymology. √kand- (cut, carve, break) is cognate with Sanskrit chindati (to cut) and Greek kantharos (a drinking cup with a carved pattern). The prefix saṅ- (from sam-, together) intensifies the sense of cutting or dividing something completely.

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

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