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Webster 1913 Edition


Pali


Pa′li

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Noun.
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pl.
of
Palus
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Pa′li

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Noun.
[Ceylonese, fr. Skr.
pāli
row, line, series, applied to the series of Buddhist sacred texts.]
A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc.

Definition 2024


pāḷi

pāḷi

See also: pali, Pali, páli, pâli, pāli, păli, and pali-

Pali

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Proper noun

pāḷi

  1. Alternative form of pāli