Category:Pali

Pa"li, n.,

Defn: pl. of palus.

Pali Pa"li, n. Etym: [ceylonese, fr. Skr. pali row, line, series, applied To the series of buddhist sacred texts.]

Defn: 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.