feminine · pabbajjā 1 · pabbajjā 2
taking up of the ascetic life; becoming a monk
Pabbajjā (feminine) [from pa + vraj, cf. pabbajati, Epic and BHS pravrajyā] leaving the world, adopting the ascetic life; state of being a Buddhist monk, taking the (yellow) robe, ordination. 1. ordination or admission into the Buddha's Order in particular: Vin III 13; S I 161 etc. — sāmanera° ordination of a novice, described in full at Vin I 82. — pabbajjaṃ yācati to beg admission Vin IV 129; labhati to gain admission to the Order Vin I 12, 17, 32; D I 176; S IV 181. 2. ascetic or homeless life in general D III 147 f.; M III 33 (abbhokāso p.); S V 350 (the same; read pabbajjā); A V 204 (the same); S II 128 (read °jjā for °jā); IV 260; A I 151, 168; IV 274 f.; Snp 405, 406, 567; It 75 (pabbajjāya ceteti); Miln 19 (dhamma-cariya-samacariyatthā p.); Dhp-a I 6; Pj II 49, 327, 423; Thig-a 251. — pabbajjaṃ upagata gone into the homeless state Pv-a 167 (for pabbajita); agārasmā anagāriyaṃ p. the going forth from home into the homeless state Vin II 253; M II 56; pabbajjaṃ pabbajati to undertake or go into the ascetic life, in following varieties: isi° of a saint or sage Ja I 298, 303; Dhp-a IV 55; Pv-a 162 (of the Buddha); tāpasa° of a hermit Ja III 119; Sv I 270 (described in detail); Dhp-a IV 29; Pv-a 21; samaṇa° of a wanderer Pv-a 76. Note: The ceremony of admission to the priesthood is called pabbajjā (or pabbajana), if viewed as the act of the candidate of orders, and pabbājana (q.v.), if viewed as the act of the priest conferring orders; the latter term however does not occur in this meaning in the canon.
(fem, fem, from pabbajati) (vinaya) novice ordination; renunciation; becoming a monastic taking up of the ascetic life, becoming a monk [lit.] going forth Construction: pa + √vaj > baj + yā
(fem, fem, from pabbajati) banishment; exile [lit.] going forth Construction: pa + √vaj > baj + yā