Pali
n. Indo-Aryan language that developed in India, language of the sacred literature of Buddhism (derivative of Sanskrit) | ||||
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Pali Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Pali
(pl. )
of Palus
(n.)
pl. of Palus.
(n.)
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.
(pl. )
of Palus
(n.)
pl. of Palus.
(n.)
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.
| WordNet 2.0 |
Pali
Noun
1. an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
(hypernym) Prakrit
Noun
1. an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
(hypernym) Prakrit
| JM Languages |
PALI
Pali is an old language related to Sanskrit, in which the Buddhist classical literature was written.
Pali is now extinct, except for a few Buddhist monks who may use Pali when speaking to one another.
The language is: Pali
Pali is an old language related to Sanskrit, in which the Buddhist classical literature was written.
Pali is now extinct, except for a few Buddhist monks who may use Pali when speaking to one another.
The language is: Pali
Pali Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| JM Latin-English Dictionary |
palus
N M
stake/pile/pole/unsplit wood; peg/pin; execution stake; wood sword; fence (pl.)
N M
stake/pile/pole/unsplit wood; peg/pin; execution stake; wood sword; fence (pl.)
Pali Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Rakefet |
Pali
Pali The language spoken in the north of India from and before the 7th century BC to about the 5th century AD. It is still the literary sacred language of Burma, Thailand, and Ceylon. There were two factors which made Pali one of the most important literary languages of the world: first, with the rise of the Kosalas into a kingdom, the language of its capital (Savatthi, in Nepal) become the form of speech almost universally adopted. Secondly, Gautama Buddha, being of Kosalan by birth, probably used the Pali language in giving forth his teachings, and therefore the subsequent philosophical writings of his disciples were similarly couched in this language.
Sanskrit, on the other hand, "was really the sacred language of the Brahmanas and held more or less private or secret by them. The Sanskrit even in those ancient times was the vehicle for the archaic Wisdom-teachings of the Aryan peoples of India, such as the Vedas, and the Puranas, and the Upanishads, and the great epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. But Pali was one of several other languages of culture in ancient India, all which were of so-called Prakrit character, although very little is known about these other literary languages. Pali has survived to the present time because . . . it became the linguistic vehicle in which were enshrined the teachings of Buddhism, i.e., of Southern Buddhism, much as Latin has survived because enshrining the teachings of early medieval Christianity. Just as there were in ancient Italy many other Italic tongues, each one having its literary or cultured form, and likewise its popular idiom, so was it in ancient India.
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Pali The language spoken in the north of India from and before the 7th century BC to about the 5th century AD. It is still the literary sacred language of Burma, Thailand, and Ceylon. There were two factors which made Pali one of the most important literary languages of the world: first, with the rise of the Kosalas into a kingdom, the language of its capital (Savatthi, in Nepal) become the form of speech almost universally adopted. Secondly, Gautama Buddha, being of Kosalan by birth, probably used the Pali language in giving forth his teachings, and therefore the subsequent philosophical writings of his disciples were similarly couched in this language.
Sanskrit, on the other hand, "was really the sacred language of the Brahmanas and held more or less private or secret by them. The Sanskrit even in those ancient times was the vehicle for the archaic Wisdom-teachings of the Aryan peoples of India, such as the Vedas, and the Puranas, and the Upanishads, and the great epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. But Pali was one of several other languages of culture in ancient India, all which were of so-called Prakrit character, although very little is known about these other literary languages. Pali has survived to the present time because . . . it became the linguistic vehicle in which were enshrined the teachings of Buddhism, i.e., of Southern Buddhism, much as Latin has survived because enshrining the teachings of early medieval Christianity. Just as there were in ancient Italy many other Italic tongues, each one having its literary or cultured form, and likewise its popular idiom, so was it in ancient India.
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Pali Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Indian STD Codes |
Pali
India 91-2932
India 91-2932
| Area Code International |
Pali
India 91-2932
India 91-2932
Pali Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Pali
Pali (IAST: ) is a Middle Indo-Aryan dialect or prakrit. It is best known as the language of the earliest extant Buddhist canon, the Pāḷi Canon (Pāḷi: Tipitaka), and as the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism. Pāli has since been written in a variety of scripts, from the Brahmic family scripts through to a romanised form devised by T. W. Rhys Davids of the Pali Text Society.
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