PALI

päˈlē, language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. Some scholars classify it as a Prakrit, or vernacular dialect of classical Sanskrit. Pali, a tongue of the Middle Indic period (see Indo-Iranian languages) in which the Buddhist scriptures or canon (Tipitaka) were composed, became the main literary language of the Buddhists. As the number of Buddhists in India declined, Pali ceased to be employed in that country. The Buddhists of Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand, however, still use Pali as a liturgical language.

See W. Geiger, Pali Literature and Language (tr., rev. ed. 1968).

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books on: Pali  - 1164 results

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The Heart of Buddhism: Being an Anthology of Buddhist Verse
Book by K. J. Saunders; H. Milford Oxford University Press, 1915
Subjects: Buddhism, Pali Poetry--Translations Into English
...contain the ipsissima verba of those members of the Order to whom they are ascribed, or that these notable adherents conversed in Pali Slokas. Yet this is what almost all Buddhists do believe! In Ceylon I have lain awake at night listening to the driver of the...
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The Specter of Speciesism: Buddhist and Christian Views of Animals
Book by Paul Waldau; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: Animal Rights--Environmental Aspects, Animal Welfare--Moral And Ethical Aspects, Speciesism--Religious Aspects, Speciesism--Religious Aspects--Buddhism
...tha , translated by Bhikkhu Na.namoli, Pali Text Society Translation Series, no. 32 London: The Pali Text Society/Luzac, 1960 . This volume...referred to is The Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon: Part I Dhammapada: Verses on Dhamma...
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Thirteen Tibetan Tankas
Book by Edna Bryner; Falcons Wing Press, 1957
Subjects: Art, Buddhist, Tankas (Tibetan Scrolls)
4. Pali, No. 499. Also Chariya-pit aka, a series...tales based on similar narratives in the Pali-Jataka book, translated by the Rev. D...55 after p. 354 , new paging 5-6. 5. Pali, No. 415. 6. Pali, No. 40. 7. Pali...
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Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia
Book by Sheldon Pollock; University of California Press, 2003
Subjects: Indic Literature--History And Criticism, Literature And Society--South Asia--History, Politics And Literature--South Asia--History
in Pali. 1 I will suggest avenues of thought which...resolve the issues definitively. In describing Pali texts in the light of this history I begin...first, because many examples of later Pali kavya are in this genre; second, because...
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Buddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations
Book by Reginald A. Ray; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Buddhist Saints
...of the generally greater ambivalence of Pali tradition, when compared with that of...interesting difference between Sarvastivadin and Pali texts regarding the issue of the merit...supramundane result. In contrast to this, Pali tradition generally denies that supramundane...
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journal articles on: Pali  - 370 results

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A Dictionary of Pali: Part I, A-Kh
Journal article by Steven Collins; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 123, 2003
Subjects: A Dictionary of Pali: Part I, a--kh. (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
A Dictionary of Pali: Part I, A-Kh. by Steven Collins A Dictionary of Pali: Part I, a--kh. By MARGARET CONE. Oxford: PALI TEXT SOCIETY, 2001. Pp. xxiv + 778. amp;#91;pounds sterling amp;#93;25. It is a privilege and a...
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Tracing Thought through Things: The Oldest Pali Texts and the Early Buddhist Archaeology of India and Burma
Journal article by Peter Skilling; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 44, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Tracing Thought through Things: The Oldest Pali Texts and the Early Buddhist Archaeology of India and Burma (Book)--Book reviews
...Tracing Thought through Things: The Oldest Pali Texts and the Early Buddhist Archaeology...Tracing Thought through Things: The Oldest Pali Texts and the Early Buddhist Archaeology...manuscript engraved with excerpts from Pali texts. It is much regretted that, although...
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Festschrift in Honour of the 80th Birthday of K. R. Norman in 2005 and the 125th Anniversary in 2006 of the Founding of the Pali Text Society
Journal article by Oliver Freiberger; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 129, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Festschrift in Honour of the 80th birthday of K. R. Norman in 2005 and the 125th Anniversary in 2006 of the Founding of the Pali Text Society (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...Anniversary in 2006 of the Founding of the Pali Text Society. by Oliver Freiberger Festschrift...Anniversary in 2006 of the Founding of the Pali Text Society. Edited by O. VON HINUBER...GETHIN, and MARK ALLON. JOURNAL of the Pali Text Society, vol. 29. Bristol: PALI...
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Music of Myanmar: Buddhist Chant in the Pali Tradition
Journal article by Paul D. Greene; Yearbook for Traditional Music, Vol. 41, 2009
...Music of Myanmar: Buddhist Chant in the Pali Tradition by Paul D. Greene Music of Myanmar: Buddhist Chant in the Pali Tradition. 2008. Celestial Harmonies...SchworerKohl. 90 pp. of notes in English, with Pali and Burmese song texts and their English...
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Catalogue of the Burmese-pali and Brumese Manuscripts in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
Journal article by Anna Allott; Medical History, Vol. 43, 1999
Catalogue of the Burmese-pali and Brumese Manuscripts in the Library...catalogue. the great majority are Burmese-Pali manuscripts, that is religious texts...historical link between the Burmese-Pali text no. 117 and the painted Burmese...
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magazine articles on: Pali  - 66 results

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1.
Zoltan Pali
Magazine article by Zoltan Pali; The Architectural Review, Vol. 219, January 2006
Subjects: Architectural firms--Services, Architectural practice--Services, Architectural services--Services, Pictorial works--Product information
Zoltan Pali. by Zoltan Pali Everything is a diagram ILLUSTRATION OMITTED There are several diagrams...screwed in will be part of that early simple idea, the diagram. ZOLTAN PALI, STUDIO PALI FEKETE ARCHITECTS ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Admired: I enjoy...
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Return to the Garden Isle
Magazine article by Jeff Phillips; Sunset, Vol. 198, January 1997
Subjects: Geographic profiles, Islands, Kauai Hawaii, Tourism
...WIND WARD KAUAI Sun and rain beneath the pali THE jumping-off spot for all arrivals...cloud-stopping cliffs of the Wainiha Pali, which are laced with foaming cascades...000 feet in deeply eroded tiers, the Na Pali Coast on Kauais northwestern edge is a...
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The Smoke-Breathing Mountains of Hawaii: The Volcanism That Created the Hawaiian Islands Continues to Put on Some of the World's Most Amazing Geological Displays. Chartered Geographer Andrew Lee Travels to the Big Island to Witness Their Power
Magazine article by Andrew Lee; Geographical, Vol. 77, August 2005
Subjects: Hawaii--Description and travel, Kilauea--Description and travel, Volcanoes--Hawaii
...pronounced poo-oo, oh-o), or Pulama Pali a little farther southeast. From time...beneath the Earth. Walking up to Pulama Pali--the slope that connects the East Rift...distance. As you get nearer the flow, the pali becomes steeper and high walls of pahoehoe...
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The Hawaii of Your Dreams
Magazine article by Jeff Phillips, Lora J. Finnegan, Andrew Baker; Sunset, Vol. 202, January 1999
Subjects: Geographic profiles, Hawaii, Social life & customs, Travel
...Trail has clearday views north over the Na Pali Coast. Weather can make trailhead access...over the jagged ridgeline of the Nuuanu Pali behind Honolulu, Maunawili Trail is still...muddy in spots. From Honolulu take the Pali Highway east and park at a scenic overlook...
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Tracing the Buddhist Path
Magazine article by Matthew Summers-Sparks; Humanities, Vol. 25, November 2004
Subjects: Buddhism, Central Asia, Exegesis & hermeneutics, Historic documents, Manuscripts, Religious history
...ancient Sanskrit and the living traditions of Pali, Chinese, and Tibetan. A team of linguists...fragmented, Salomon and his team have used the Pali text in order to fill in missing words...appear in the past life stories of the Pali or Chinese texts, so it suggests we have...
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newspaper articles on: Pali  - 398 results

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DSG Dips despite a Change of Heart from Pali Sceptic
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 4, 2009
Subjects: Real estate industry
DSG Dips despite a Change of Heart from Pali Sceptic. Byline: MICKEY CLARK MARKET ROUND-UP RETAIL analyst...Christmas, lost an early lead to trade 3/4p cheaper at 21p despite Pali Internationals Bubb raising his recommendation from sell to weak...
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DSG Dips despite a Change of Heart from Pali Sceptic
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 4, 2009
Subjects: Real estate industry
DSG Dips despite a Change of Heart from Pali Sceptic. Byline: MICKEY CLARK MARKET ROUND-UP RETAIL analyst...an early lead to trade 1 1/4 p cheaper at 20 1/2 p dSespite Pali Internationals Bubb raising his recommendation from sell to weak...
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Legislative Committee Investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Pali
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 11, 2008
Subjects: Governors--Investigations, News agencies--Investigations, The Associated Press--Investigations, Vice-Presidential candidates--Investigations
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Legislative Committee Investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Pali. Byline: Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully...
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Moving beyond S'mores; Summer Camps Home in on Children's Specialties
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 4, 2005
...around the fire. Now, at camps such as Pali Overnight Adventures on Lake Arrowhead...very good at." What attracts children to Pali Overnight Adventures, says the companys...choices is very attractive," she says. The Pali program offers about 18 specializations...
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Quick! before It Disappears: Whether You Drive around Kauai, Fly over It, Bike It, or Sail Up to It, You Know You've Reached Paradise
Newspaper article by Fyllis Hockman; The Washington Times, March 3, 1996
...islands can be had hiking along the Na Pali Trail on the islands north shore. "Spiritual...from Nepal to New Zealand, calls the Na Pali Coast the one place to which he always...chapter by chapter. But hiking the Na Pali Trail, you become one with the story...
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encyclopedia articles on: Pali  - 15 results

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Pali Canon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PALI CANON pa le, sacred literature of Buddhism . The texts in the Pali canon are the earliest Buddhist sources, and for Theravada...they are still the most authoritative sacred texts. Pali, the language in which the canon is written, is a...
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Pali
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PALI pa le, language belonging to the Indic group...vernacular dialect of classical Sanskrit . Pali, a tongue of the Middle Indic period (see...the number of Buddhists in India declined, Pali ceased to be employed in that country. The...
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Nuuanu Pali
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NUUANU PALI noo a noo pa le, sheer cliff and mountain pass, alt. 1,200 ft (366 m), Koolau Range, SE Oahu island, Hawaii. The pass...
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Buddhist Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Vinaya or monastic rules, the Sutra (Pali Sutta ) or discourses of the Buddha, and the Abhidharma (Pali Abhidhamma ) or scholastic metaphysics...the Sri Lankan Theravada school, in the Pali language, written 29 17 b.c. (see Pali...
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Koolau Range
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...E Oahu island, Hawaii; rises to 3,105 ft (946 m) in Konahuanui. It is cut by two scenic passes, Nuuanu Pali and Waimanalo Pali, which shorten the route between E and W Oahu. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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