an ancient language of India derived from Sanskrit; the language of the Buddhist scriptures
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pa•li
(pä′lē),USA pronunciation n.
Pa•li (pä′lē),USA pronunciation n.
- Foreign Terms(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Hawaiian
Pa•li (pä′lē),USA pronunciation n.
- the Prakrit language of the Buddhist scriptures.
- short for Sanskrit pāli-bhāsa language of the canonical texts, equivalent. to pāli line, row, canon + bhāsa language 1685–95
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'pali' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Abhidhamma Pitaka
- Bodhisattva
- Kasyapa
- Nepali
- Pacceka
- Pali Canon
- Pancha Sila
- Pitaka
- Prakrit
- Pratyeka
- Sutta Pitaka
- Tathagata
- Tathata
- Theravada
- Tripitaka
- Vinaya Pitaka
- Zen
- anatta
- anicca
- at
- baht
- bhikshu
- bhikshuni
- bo tree
- bodhi
- cheetah
- chela
- dagoba
- dharma
- dukkha
- hibachi
- iddhi
- jhāna
- jungle
- kans
- karanda
- kouprey
- mung bean
- nibbana
- nirvana
- palanquin
- pan
- paramita
- raj
- satang
- shaman
- siddhi
- sutra
- talapoin