Pabbajja (Pali; Skt.: pravrajya) literally means `to go forth` and refers to when a layperson leaves home to live the life of a Buddhist renunciate among a community of monks (bhikkhus). This generally involves preliminary ordination as a novice (m. samanera, f. samaneri). It is sometimes referred to as `lower ordination.` After a period or wh...
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Going forth (from home to the homeless life); ordination as a samaṇera (samaṇeri), or novice monk (nun). See upasampadā.
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