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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रव्रज्pravraj1 P.
    1. 1 Parasmaipada
    2. To go into exile.
    3. To renounce all worldly attachments, enter on the fourth stage in life,id est, that is to become a Saṁnyāsin; आत्मन्यग्नीन् समारोप्य ब्राह्मणः प्रव्रजेद् गृहात् Ms.6.38;8.363. -Causal
    4. To banish, send into exile.
    5. To compel to become a monk.
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  2. प्रव्रज्यम्pravrajyamGoing abroad, migration.

    Going abroad, migration.

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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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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रव्रज्pravrajP. -व्रजति, to go forth, proceed, depart from (abl.), set out for, go to (acc. loc. or dat.) S3Br. Up.…

    Parasmaipada -व्रजति, to go forth, proceed, depart from (ablative), set out for, go to (accusative locative case or dative case) S3Br. Up. Gr2S3rS. MBh. etc.; to leave home and wander forth as an ascetic mendicant S3rS. Mn. MBh. etc.; (with Jainas जैन s) to become a monk HParis3. : Causal -व्राजयति (wrong reading -व्रज्that the rest of a word is to be supplied), to send into exile, banish from (ablative) MBh. R. etc.; to compel any one to wander forth as an ascetic mendicant or to become a monk MBh. HParis3.

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  2. अनुप्रव्रज्anupravrajto follow into exile R. v, 36, 61.
    1. to follow into exile R. v, 36, 61.
    2. to become an ascetic after, ibidem
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  3. अभिप्रव्रज्abhipravrajto step or advance towards ChUp. KaushUp.

    to step or advance towards ChUp. KaushUp.

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  4. प्रव्रज्यpravrajyan. going abroad, migration MBh.

    neuter gender going abroad, migration MBh.

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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