Pali

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pali \Pa"li\, n.,
     pl. of {Palus}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Pali \Pa"li\, n. [Ceylonese, fr. Skr. p[=a]li row, line, series,
     applied to the series of Buddhist sacred texts.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Palus \Pa"lus\, n.; pl. {Pali}. [L., a stake.] (Zool.)
     One of several upright slender calcareous processes which
     surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Pali
       n : an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is
           the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada
           Buddhism