Dear Nina and friends,

you are absolutely right.

The gerund is 'ga.nhitvaa', it follows 'gacchantii' rather
than 'passati'.


metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Nina van Gorkom wrote:

I think gacchantii is present participle (fem.), not a gerund.

> > Taking it just one step further: the Pali gerunds can also
> > be used to express an action preceding the action of the
> > main verb of a clause in a sentence.

> Here is an example:
>
> Kumaarii potthaka.m ga.nhitvaa paa.thasaala.m gacchantii
> bhikkhu.m passati.
> Taking the book and going to school, the girl sees a monk.