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pali

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Noun

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Pa=li

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pali has 1 sense

pali(n = noun.communication) - an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism;

is a kind of

prakrit

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pali, n.

pl. of Palus. [1913 Webster]

pali, n. [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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pali, n. an Indic language used in the canonical books of Buddhists.

Etymology

Skr. pali-bhasa f. pali canon + bhasa language