pravrajyā

Dictionary meanings for pravrajyā from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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pravrajyā

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 Going abroad, migration.

2 Roaming, wandering about as a religious mendicant; Māl. 4. 6.

3 The order of a religious mendicant, a mendicant's life, the fourth (or bhikṣu) order in the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa; pravrajyāṃ kalpavṛkṣā ivāśritāḥ Ku. 6. 6 (where Malli. says pravrajyā means the vānaprastha or third order). Comp. avasitaḥ a religious mendicant who renounces his order.

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