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'''Pravrajita''' (Skt. ''pravrajitaḥ''; Tib. [[ | '''Pravrajita''' (Skt. ''pravrajitaḥ''; Tib. [[རབ་ཏུ་བྱུང་བ་]], ''rab tu byung ba'') — literally someone who has 'gone forth', and therefore often translated as a 'renunciant'. The Tibetan term ''rabjung'' has become synonymous with being a monk. The definition is 'to go from having a house to being homeless'. The term stands in contrast with the [[Grihasta|householder]] (Skt. ''gṛhin''). | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:28, 23 April 2018
Pravrajita (Skt. pravrajitaḥ; Tib. རབ་ཏུ་བྱུང་བ་, rab tu byung ba) — literally someone who has 'gone forth', and therefore often translated as a 'renunciant'. The Tibetan term rabjung has become synonymous with being a monk. The definition is 'to go from having a house to being homeless'. The term stands in contrast with the householder (Skt. gṛhin).