pali

Speech parts

1. pali - Noun

3. Pali - Proper noun

Meaning

pl. of Palus.

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.

of Palus

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fell faded fade piles cock phallic phallus blanched Timbers paled tails sticks stakes Middle Indo-Aryan posts
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Hypernyms

prakrit

Phrases with the word

na pali coast

Anagrams

pail pial ALIP lipa pila lapi

Examples

Since Ambedkar embraced Buddhism in 1956, almost all Buddhist viharas in India are headed by dalits as monks worshipping Buddha in Pali language. And if the brahmins convert to Buddhism, they will be equals with dalits in all spheres of Buddhist religion. Kancha Ilaiah

A Dictionary of the Pali Language By Robert Cæsar Childers However, modern scholarship has regarded Pali as a mix of several Prakrit languages from around the 3rd century BCE, combined together and partially Sanskritized. Source: Internet

Abhidharma in the Pali Canon differentiates between a root cause (hetu) and facilitating cause (pacca). Source: Internet

A close reading of texts in the Pali canon reveals different attitudes towards violence and capital punishment. Source: Internet

According to Y Karunadasa : In the Pali tradition it is only for the sake of definition and description that each dhamma is postulated as if it were a separate entity; but in reality it is by no means a solitary phenomenon having an existence of its own. Source: Internet

A modified form of the letter is used for, but is not restricted to, Sanskrit and Pali in the Thai script. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

palfreyman palgrave Palhares pali- palichnology palichthyology