Pabbaja: 3 definitions
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Pabbaja means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPabbaja, (Sk. balbaja, cp. Geiger P. Gr. § 39. 6) a species of reed. bulrush Vin. I, 190 (T. reads babbaja); S. I, 77; II. 92; III, 137 (v. l. babbaja), 155 (°lāyaka); Th. 1, 27; J. II, 140, 141; V, 202; VI, 508. For further refs. see babbaja. (Page 413)
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)1) pabbaja—
(Burmese text): ပြိတ်မြက်။
(Auto-Translation): Silent.
2) pabbaja—
(Burmese text): (ရှင်-ရဟန်း-ရသေ့-အဖြစ်သို့) ကပ်ရောက်လော့။ (က) ရှင်-သာမဏေ-ပြု-ဝတ်-လော့။ (ခ) ရဟန်း-ပြု-ဝတ်-လော့။ (ဂ) ရသေ့-ပြု-ဝတ်-လော့။ ပဗ္ဗဇတိ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (Arrival as a monk) Please come. (a) Please dress as a monk. (b) Please wear monk's robes. (c) Please dress as a bhikkhu. Look at the Buddha's teachings.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: A, Hi, Pa, Vaja.
Starts with (+14): Pabbajahi, Pabbajalayaka, Pabbajama, Pabbajamana, Pabbajamaya, Pabbajami, Pabbajana, Pabbajanakala, Pabbajanakara, Pabbajanappakarabhedadassana, Pabbajanaraha, Pabbajanattha, Pabbajanavidhi, Pabbajaniya, Pabbajaniya-kamma, Pabbajaniyakamma, Pabbajaniyakammakaranattha, Pabbajaniyakammakata, Pabbajaniyakammaraha, Pabbajaniyakammavaca.
Full-text (+2): Uppabbajati, Pabbajahi, Pabbajanta, Pabbajati, Pabbajeyyasi, Pabbajalayaka, Pabbajatha, Pabbajeyyama, Pabbajeyyum, Pabbajama, Pabbajamana, Pabbajetha, Anupabbajati, Pabbajittha, Pabbajatu, Pabbajamaya, Pabbajassu, Pabbajeyyatha, Pabbajami, Pabbajasi.
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The Great Buddhist Emperors of Asia (by Shibani Dutta)