Pāli Dictionary

pabbajita

paprefixvajrootitasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

vaj1आगे बढ़ना

Synonyms

bhikkhu, samaṇa, paradattūpajīvī

Antonyms

sāvaka, agārī

monastic

  • (संज्ञा) साधु; भिक्षु; प्रव्रजित; गृहत्याग कर संन्यासी बना व्यक्ति

  • (as noun) a monk; a renunciant; one who has gone forth into the homeless life

  • (विशेषण) प्रव्रजित; दीक्षित; गृहस्थाश्रम त्याग चुका

  • (as adjective) ordained; gone forth; having renounced the household life

pabbajitā

approximate

paprefixvajrootitasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

vaj1आगे बढ़ना

Synonyms

samaṇī

monastic

  • महिला तपस्वी; भिक्षुणी; संन्यासिनी

  • nun; female monastic; woman renunciant

  • Thig 14.1

    kiṃ te aparādhitaṃ mayā, yaṃ maṃ ovariyāna tiṭṭhasi, na hi pabbajitāya āvuso, puriso samphusanāya kappati.

pabbājita

approximate

paprefixvajrootitasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • निर्वासित; निकाला हुआ

  • banished; expelled; driven away (from)

  • DN 3

    te raṭṭhasmā pabbājitā himavantapasse pokkharaṇiyā tīre mahāsākasaṇḍo, tattha vāsaṃ kappesuṃ.

monastic

  • प्रव्रजित कराया गया; भिक्षु बनाया गया

  • made to go forth; caused to be ordained as a monastic

  • MN 82

    disvāna etadavoca, imehi muṇḍakehi samaṇakehi amhākaṃ ekaputtako piyo manāpo pabbājito'ti. atha kho āyasmā raṭṭhapālo sakapitu nivesane n'eva dānaṃ alattha na paccakkhānaṃ, añña'd'atthu akkosam'eva alattha.

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