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Definition of: Pali
(pä′lē) noun
The sacred language of the early Buddhist writings, comprised of various Indic dialects: preserved in Ceylon and still surviving in the religious literature of Burma and Thailand. [<Skt. pāli, short for pālibhāsā language of the canonical texts <pāli line, canon + bhāsā language]
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