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phusitvā

absolute (past participle) of phusati

1. having felt; having touched
2. having come into contact; having experienced (something with)
3. having reached; having attained; having experienced; lit. having touched

Built from

• phu — root · touch, feel
  Cognate with Sanskrit spṛś, English feel. The root expresses direct sensory or physical contact.
• s — stem · thematic marker
  Indicates the present-stem class of the verb.
• tvā — ending · having (done)
  The absolutive ending, creating an uninflected participle that expresses an action prior to or simultaneous with the main verb's action.

Etymology. √phus is cognate with Sanskrit spṛś (spṛṣ-) 'to touch', and English 'feel'. The root carries the concrete sense of making contact; the suffix -tvā converts the verbal action into an uninflected absolute, expressing an action completed before the main verb.

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

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