Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c6.s1.26

v1.c6.s1.26

In the Bṛ. Up. (IV, 4. 22) we come across the term Parivrājaka meaning one who takes pravrajyā (going out from household life) with the object of attaining Him. Yājñavalkya (Bṛ. Up. IV. 5. 1) left his wife and took pravrajyā. In the Upaniṣads, the line of demarcation between the Sannyāsins (Yati) and Parivrājakas is not very well-defined, and the two almost overlap each other. In the Bṛ. Up. (IV. 4. 22), the Parivrājins were also called Sannyāsins and said to have been in the habit of wandering about.