प्रत्ययाः उपसर्गाश्च
Suffixes and prefixes
One root gives dozens of words: "having read", "to read", "was read", "while reading". Prefixes change what the root means altogether.
क्त्वा
ktvā · Absolutive / gerund (indeclinable)Indeclinable: never changes"having done"
When the same doer finishes one action before another. Used only when there is no prefix.
।
Having studied, he plays.
पठ्गम्कृदृश्पास्थालिख्भूखाद्हस्वद्नम्पच्क्रीड्मिल्
One root, many suffixes
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पठ् + क्त्वा
having read
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