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Results for प्रव्रज्या

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रव्रज्याpravrajyā1 Going abroad, migration.
    1. 1 Going abroad, migration.
    2. Roaming, wandering about as a religious mendicant; अतश्च प्रव्रज्या- सुलभसमयाचारविमुखः । प्रसक्तस्ते यत्नः ... Māl.4.6.
    3. 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).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अवसितः a religious mendicant who renounces his order; प्रव्रज्यावसिता यत्र त्रयो वर्णा द्विजोत्तमाः । निर्वासं कारयेद् विप्रं दासत्वं क्षत्रवैश्ययोः ॥ Kātyāyana.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रव्रज्याpravrajyāf. id. ib.
    1. feminine the same ibidem
    2. feminine going forth from home (first rite of a layman wishing to become a Buddh. monk) MWB. 77
    3. feminine roaming, wandering about (especially as a religious mendicant, in a dress not authorized by the Veda वेद) Mn. MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    4. feminine the order of a rel religious m mendicant MBh. Var.
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  2. प्रव्रज्यायोगpravrajyāyogam. a constellation under which future rel religious m mendicants are born Var.

    masculine gender a constellation under which future rel religious m mendicants are born Var.

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  3. प्रव्रज्यावसितpravrajyāvasitam. a rel religious m mendicant who has renounced his order Ya1jn5.

    masculine gender a rel religious m mendicant who has renounced his order Ya1jn5.

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