Pali : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pali	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Pali
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pali n an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pali \Pa"li\, n. [Ceylonese, fr. Skr. p[be]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Palus \[d8]Pa"lus\, n.; pl. {Pali}. [L., a stake.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.