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, samaṇa, 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. pabbajitvā J i.303; PvA 21 and ˚vāna Sn 407. -- (agārasmā) anagāriyaŋ pabbajati to go forth into the homeless state Vin iii.12; M iii.33; S i.196; A v.204; Pv ii.1316. sāsane p. to become an ascetic in (Buddhas) religion, to embrace the religion (& practice) of the Buddha J i.56; PvA 12. pabbajjaŋ pabbajati to go into the holy life (of an ascetic friar, wanderer etc.): seepabbajjā. -- Caus. pabbājeti (q. v.). -- pp. pabbajita.