Pabbajja

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Pabbajja (Pali - to wander forth), called Pravrajya in Sanskrit, is a Buddhist rite where somebody is initiated into novice (samanera) status.

[edit] External links

  • "pabbajja" entry in the Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary (1921-25).
  • "The Admission to the Order of Bhikkhus" in Rhys Davids & Oldenberg's English-language translation of the Vinaya Text (1881). (Note that, in this translation, the English word is spelled, "pabbaggâ.")


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