प्रव्रज्

{ pravraj }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र-√ व्रज्    P. -व्रजति, to go forth, proceed, depart from ( abl.), set out for, go to ( acc. loc. or dat.), [ŚBr.]; [Up.]; [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.;

to leave home and wander forth as an ascetic mendicant, [ŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.;

(with जैनs) to become a monk, [HPariś.] :

Caus. -व्राजयति ( w.r. -व्रज्°), to send into exile, banish from ( abl.), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.;

to compel any one to wander forth as an ascetic mendicant or to become a monk, [MBh.]; [HPariś.]

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प्र √ व्रज्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रव्रज् [pravraj]   1 [P.]
To go into exile.
To renounce all worldly attachments, enter on the fourth stage in life,i. e. to become a Saṁnyāsin; आत्मन्यग्नीन् समारोप्य ब्राह्मणः प्रव्रजेद् गृहात् [Ms.6.38;8.363.] -Caus.
To banish, send into exile.
To compel to become a monk.