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PALI
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
An ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Pali" is a kind of...):
Prakrit (any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD)
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