(a) Going or journey- ing abroad, being absent from one's home, foreign residence; kuśaḥ pravāsa- sthakalatraveṣāṃ (banitāmapaśyat) R. 16. 4; Ś. 4. 3; U. 6. 38; Pt. 1. 169; Bh. 3. 94. (b) A temporary sojourn; pravāsādupāvṛttena kāśyapenādiṣṭo'smi Ś. 4. Comp. gata, stha, sthita a. journeying abroad, being absent from home.