--- In Pali@..., "Dimitry Ivakhnenko" <koleso@...> wrote:

> In my humble opinion 'Gerunds' was the closest term that
> English-speaking grammarians could find for Pali adverbial
> participles.

Agreed. A gerund is really a noun. The confusion arises because in
English, both gerunds and present participles end in -ing.

I like your term "adverbial participle." The other alternative
("absolutive") is pretty cryptic.

Derek.