The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pabbajati [cp. Sk. pravrajati, pra+vraj] to go forth, to leave home and wander about as a mendicant, to give
up the world, to take up the ascetic life (as bhikkhu, sama*a, tapassin, isi etc.). S i.140, 141; Sn 157, 1003;
imper. pabbaja DhA i.133. Pot. pabbajeyya J i.56; Pug 57. -- Fut. pabbajissati Sn 564; DhA i.133; iv.55.
Aor. pabbaji M iii.33; S i.196=Th 1, 1255; Sn 405; Vv 826; PvA 76; ger. pabbajitv! J i.303; PvA 21 and
˚v!na Sn 407. -- (ag!rasm!) anag!riya' pabbajati to go forth into the homeless state Vin iii.12; M iii.33; S
i.196; A v.204; Pv ii.1316. s!sane p. to become an ascetic in (Buddhas) religion, to embrace the religion (&
practice) of the Buddha J i.56; PvA 12. pabbajja' pabbajati to go into the holy life (of an ascetic friar,
wanderer etc.): see pabbajj!. -- Caus. pabb!jeti (q. v.). -- pp. pabbajita.
Pabbajana
Pabbajana (nt.) [fr. pabbajati] going into an ascetic life J iii.393 (a˚).
Pabbajita
Pabbajita [pp. of pabbajati, cp. BSk. pravr!jita Divy 236] one who has gone out from home, one who has
given up worldly life & undertaken the life of a bhikkhu recluse or ascetic, (one) ordained (as a Buddhist
friar), gone forth (into the holy life or pabbajj!) Vin iii.40 (vu..ha -- pabbajito bhikkhu); iv.159; D i.131
(ag!rasm! anag!riya' p.), 157; iii.31 sq., 147 sq.; M i.200, 267, 345, 459; ii.66, 181; iii.261; S i.119
(dhammavinaye p.); iv.260, 330; v.118 sq., 421; A i.69, 107, 147, 168; ii.78, 143; iii.33, 78 (vu..ha˚), 244,
403 (acira˚); iv.21 (cira˚); v.82, 348 sq.; Sn 43 (see Nd2 397), 274, 385, 423; Dh 74, 174, 388; J i.56; Pv
ii.81 (=sama*a PvA 106); ii.111 (bhikkhu=k!m!dimal!na' pabbajitatt! paramatthato pabbajito PvA 146);
ii.1317 (=pabbajja' upagata PvA 167); Miln 11; DA i.270; DhA i.133; PvA 5, 55.
Pabbajj!
Pabbajj! (f.) [fr. pa+vraj, cp. pabbajati, Epic & BSk. pravrajy!] leaving the world, adopting the ascetic life;
state of being a Buddhist friar, taking the (yellow) robe, ordination. -- (1) ordination or admission into the
Buddha's Order in particular: Vin iii.13; S i.161 etc. -- s!manera˚ ordination of a Novice, described in full
at Vin i.82. -- pabbajja' y!cati to beg admission Vin iv.129; labhati to gain admission to the Order Vin i.12,
17, 32; D i.176; S iv.181. -- (2) ascetic or homeless life in general D iii.147 sq.; M iii.33 (abbhok!so p.); S
v.350 (id.; read pabbajj!); A v.204 (id.); S ii.128 (read ˚jj! for ˚j!); iv.260; A i.151, 168; iv.274 sq.; Sn 405,
406, 567; It 75 (pabbajj!ya ceteti); Miln 19 (dhamma -- cariya -- samacariy' atth! p.); DhA i.6; SnA 49,
327, 423; ThA 251. -- pabbajja' upagata gone into the homeless state PvA 167 (for pabbajita); ag!rasm!
anag!riya' p. the going forth from home into the homeless state Vin ii.253; M ii.56; pabbajja' pabbajati to
undertake or go into the ascetic life, in foll. varieties: isi˚ of a Saint or Sage J i.298, 303; DhA iv.55; PvA
162 (of the Buddha); t!pasa˚ of a Hermit J iii.119; DA i.270 (described in detail); DhA iv.29; PvA 21;
sama*a˚ of a Wanderer PvA 76. Note. The ceremony of admission to the priesthood is called pabbajj!
(or pabbajana), if viewed as the act of the candidate of orders, and pabb!jana (q. v.), if viewed as the act of
the priest conferring orders; the latter term however does not occur in this meaning in the Canon.
Pabbata
Pabbata [Vedic parvata, fr. parvan, orig. knotty, rugged, massive] (1) a mountain ( -- range), hill, rock S
i.101, 102, 127, 137; ii.32, 185, 190; A i.243; ii.140; iv.102 (dh(p!yati); Sn 413, 417, 543, 958, 1014; Nd1
466; Dh 8, 127 (˚!na' vivaro)=PvA 104; Dh 188 (n. pl. ˚!ni), 304; DA i.209; Miln 346 (dhamma˚); PvA
221 (ang!ra˚) Sdhp 352, 545, 574. -- The 7 mountains round Ve)uvana are enumd at J v.38. -- Names of
some (real or fictitious) mountains, as found in the J!taka literature: Cakkav!)a J vi.282; Ca*.ora*a J iv.90;
Canda J iv.283; v.38, 162; Da*.aka -- hirañña J ii.33; Daddara J ii.8; iii.16; Nemindhara J vi.125; Neru J
iii.247; v.425; Pa*.ava Sn 417; SnA 382 sq.; Mah!neru J iv.462; Mahindhara Vv 3210 (cp. VvA 136);
Meru J i.25; iv.498; Yugandhara PvA 137; Rajata J i.50; Vipula J vi.518; Sineru S ii.139; J i.48 & passim;
Suva**a J i.50; vi.514 (˚girit!la). -- (2) [cp. Sk. p!rvata mountainous] a mountaineer Miln 191. -- utu the
time (aspect) of the mountain (in prognostications as to horoscope) DhA i.165 (megha -- utu, p. utu,
aru*a -- utu). -- kaccha a mountain meadow (opp. nad" -- kacc1a) SnA 33. -- kandara a m. cave S ii.32;