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pabbajati

Pabbajati

to go forth, to leave home and wander about as a mendicant, to give up the world, to take up the ascetic life (as bhikkhu samaṇa, tapassin, isi etc.). SN.i.140 , SN.i.141 ; Snp.157 , Snp.1003 imper. pabbaja Dhp-a.i.133 . Pot. pabbajeyya Ja.i.56 Pp.57 fut pabbajissati Snp.564 ; Dhp-a.i.133 Dhp-a.iv.5

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Where it lives

  • Digha Nikaya 27 · 1.88/10k
  • Sutta Nipata 2 · 0.99/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

to go forth, to leave home and wander about as a mendicant, to give up the world, to take up the ascetic life (as bhikkhu samaṇa, tapassin, isi etc.). SN.i.140, SN.i.141; Snp.157, Snp.1003 imper. pabbaja Dhp-a.i.133. Pot. pabbajeyya Ja.i.56 Pp.57
fut pabbajissati Snp.564; Dhp-a.i.133 Dhp-a.iv.55. Aor. pabbaji MN.iii.33; SN.i.196 = Thag.1255; Snp.405; Vv.82#6; Pv-a.76; ger. pabbajitvā Ja.i.303; Pv-a.21 and ˚vāna Snp.407
■ (agārasmā) anagāriyaṃ pabbajati to go forth into the homeless state Vin.iii.12; MN.iii.33; SN.i.196; AN.v.204; Pv.ii.13#16. sāsane p. to become an ascetic in (Buddhas) religion, to embrace the religion (& practice) of the Buddha Ja.i.56; Pv-a.12 pabbajjaṃ pabbajati to go into the holy life (of an ascetic friar, wanderer etc.): see pabbajjā
caus pabbājeti (q.v.)
pp pabbajita.

cp. Sk. pravrajati, pra + vraj

In the wild

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Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.