- Pali - Wikipedia
In 1869, the first Pali Dictionary was published using the research of Robert Caesar Childers, one of the founding members of the Pali Text Society It was the first Pali translated text in English and was published in 1872
- Pāli language and alphabet - Omniglot
Pali is the classical language of Theravada Buddhism that was first used in Sri Lanka during the 1st century BC
- Pāli language | Theravada Buddhism, Pali Canon, India | Britannica
Pāli language, classical and liturgical language of the Theravāda Buddhist canon, a Middle Indo-Aryan language of north Indian origin On the whole, Pāli seems closely related to the Old Indo-Aryan Vedic and Sanskrit dialects but is apparently not directly descended from either of these
- Pali Language: Origins, Structure Cultural Significance
Pali is an ancient language deeply connected to the roots of Buddhism It serves as the medium in which many of the earliest Buddhist scriptures were recorded, especially those preserved in the Theravāda tradition
- The Pāli Language: Level 1 @ The Open Buddhist University
What is the Pāli Language? The Pāli Language is the simplified form of Sanskrit that Theravāda Buddhism uses as its liturgical language It is the only Indic language to preserve a large corpus of Early Buddhist Texts, so studying Pāli (and the Suttas preserved in it) brings us as close as possible to how the historical Buddha taught
- Pali language - Encyclopedia of Buddhism
The Pali language, also known as "Magadhan", was a Middle Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian subcontinent Traditionally, the followers of the Theravada regarded Pali as the language that Gautama Buddha himself spoke, though modern scholars suggest that he probably spoke Magadhi Prakrit
- Pāli
Version 3 contains 217 volumes of Pali Tipiṭaka, its Aṭṭhakathā, Tikā, Anu-tikā, and other Pāli texts The text is in Pāli and can be viewed in the following seven scripts: Devanagari, Roman, Burmese, Thai, Sinhalese, Cambodian, Mongolian
- Pali Canon - Wikipedia
Dr Peter Masefield researched a form of Pali known as Indochinese Pali or "Kham Pali" It had been considered a degraded form of Pali, but Masefield states that further examination of texts will probably show it is an internally consistent Pali dialect
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