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pabbajanti

pabbajati

pr 3rd pl of pabbajati (verb)

1. ordains as a monastic; renounces the household life; lit. goes forth

Etymology. pa + vaja + ti; from √vaj 'go on'; Sanskrit pravrajati [pravraj]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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