Pali

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Proper noun 2 Pāli 2.1 Noun 2.2 See also

English

Proper noun

Pāli (lit., "a line of text")

1. a Middle Indo-Aryan language (Devanagari पालि) of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of the Buddhist scriptures.
2. the Prakrit language of the Buddha.

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Pāli

Noun

pāli

1. a line of letters in a text.
2. denomination for canonical texts as opposed to post-canonical/commentary texts.

See also

hi:Pali

nl:Pali