ගන‍්ත්‍වා

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • gantvā (Latin script)
  • 𑀕𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • गन्त्वा (Devanagari script)
  • গন্ত্ৰা (Bengali script)
  • ဂန္တွာ or ၷၼ္တွႃ or ၷၼ်တွႃ (Burmese script)
  • คนฺตฺวา or คันตวา (Thai script)
  • ᨣᨶ᩠ᨲ᩠ᩅᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຄນ຺ຕ຺ວາ or ຄັນຕວາ (Lao script)
  • គន្ត្វា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄉𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄳𑄤𑄂 (Chakma script)

Verb

ගන‍්ත්‍වා

  1. Sinhala script form of gantvā, absolutive of gacchati (“to go”)
    • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎[1], page 88:
      11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත‍්තු වෙදෙහිපුත‍්තො යාවතිකා නාගස‍්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන‍්ත්‍වා නාගා පච‍්චොරොහිත්‍වා පත‍්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ‍්ඩලමාළස‍්ස ද‍්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ‍්කමි.
      11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.
      11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.
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