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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. व्रज्याvrajyā1 Wandering about as a religious mendicant.
    1. 1 Wandering about as a religious mendicant.
    2. An attack, invasion, a march.
    3. A flock, multitude, tribe, class.
    4. A theatre.
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  2. परिव्रज्याparivrajyā1 Strolling, wandering from place to place. परिव्रज्या च नित्यशः Ms.1.52.
    1. 1 Strolling, wandering from place to place. परिव्रज्या च नित्यशः Ms.1.52.
    2. Turning a recluse, leading the life of a religious mendicant or recluse.
    3. Renunciation of the world, ascetic devotion, religious austerity.
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  3. 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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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. व्रज्याvrajyā[vrag-yâ] f. gait; division, group, class.

    [vrag-yâ] feminine; also equal for gait; division, group, class.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. व्रज्याvrajyāf. (for 2. see next page, col. 1) travelling, wandering, gait Nir. Pa1n2. Nya1yas. Sch.
    1. feminine (for 2. see next page, column 1) travelling, wandering, gait Nir. Pa1n2. Nya1yas. Scholiast or Commentator
    2. feminine march, attack, invasion Lexicographers
    3. feminine Name of a poem by Kavicandra कविचन्द्र .
    4. feminine division, group (Equivalent to वर्ग) Sa1h.
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  2. अनुव्रज्याanuvrajyāf. = अनु-व्रजन Mn. &c.

    feminine Equivalent to अनु-व्रजन Mn. etc.

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  3. परिव्रज्याparivrajyāf. strolling, wandering from place to place, (esp.) leading the life of a religious mendicant, abandonment of…

    feminine strolling, wandering from place to place, (especially) leading the life of a religious mendicant, abandonment of the world Mn. Katha1s.

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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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