प्रव्रज्या

{ pravrajyā }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र-°व्रज्या  f.  f. id., ib.

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प्र °व्रज्या

going forth from home (first rite of a layman wishing to become a, [Buddh.] monk), [MWB. 77]
roaming, wandering about ( esp. as a religious mendicant, in a dress not authorized by the वेद), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
the order of a rel° m°, [MBh.]; [Var.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रव्रज्या [pravrajyā]   1 Going abroad, migration.
Roaming, wandering about as a religious mendicant; अतश्च प्रव्रज्या- सुलभसमयाचारविमुखः । प्रसक्तस्ते यत्नः ... [Māl.4.6.]
The order of a religious mendicant, a mendicant's life, the fourth (or भिक्षु) order in the riligious life of a Brāhmaṇa; प्रव्रज्यां कल्पवृक्षा इवाश्रिताः [Ku.6.6.] (where Malli. says प्रव्रज्या means the वानप्रस्थ or third order). -Comp.
-अवसितः   a religious mendicant who renounces his order; प्रव्रज्यावसिता यत्र त्रयो वर्णा द्विजोत्तमाः । निर्वासं कारयेद् विप्रं दासत्वं क्षत्रवैश्ययोः ॥ Kātyāyana.

Shabda-Sagara

प्रव्रज्या  f.  ( -ज्या)
1. Roaming, travelling, wandering about, as a religious mendicant especially.
2. Abandonment of the world.
E. प्र before, व्रज् to go, aff. क्यप् .

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प्र व्रज् क्यप् .