Pāli Dictionary

paribbajati

pariprefixvajroot

Part of speech

verb

Root

vaj1go on

Synonyms

dhāvati, paleti, palāyati

monastic

  • wanders around; roams about; lives one’s life; lives the life of a homeless renunciant

  • Dhp 346

    etaṃ daḷhaṃ bandhanam'āhu dhīrā, ohārinaṃ sithilaṃ duppamuñcaṃ, etam'pi chetvāna paribbajanti, anapekkhino kāmasukhaṃ pahāya.

  • Snp 5.2

    kāmesu n'ābhigijjheyya, manas'ānāvilo siyā, kusalo sabbadhammānaṃ, sato bhikkhu paribbaje'ti.

general

  • runs away; flees; abandons

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

paribbajāiti
  1. paribbajāparibbaja

    homeless wandering (spiritual) life; the spiritual journey of a wanderer

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

paribbājaiti
  1. paribbāja

    homeless spiritual seeker; wandering ascetic (= paribbājaka)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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