A dead Indo-European language indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. It is important to Buddhists and scholars of Buddhism because many of the earliest Buddhist texts are written in the Pali language e.g. the Pali Canon. It is also used during chanting and ritual in some Buddhist traditions.
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Was is the difference between "uparujjhati" & "nirujjhati"?
In the Pali, nirujjhati (ni + rudh + ya) appears to be a verb for the noun "nirodha".
nirujjhati
ceases; dissolves; vanishes.
to be broken up, to be dissolved, to be destroyed, to cease, die
Uparujjhati (upa + rudh + ya) appears similar in…
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Is the Sinhalese language very different to Pali?
I notice many Sinhalese posting on Western chatsites about Buddhism. However, I often notice these Sinhalese don't have particularly strong empathy with the Pali of the suttas. I sometimes feel "dukkha" ("suffering") when having to answer their…
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Is there a defined counting system in Pali?
‘‘Sataṃ sahassānaṃ nirabbudānaṃ,
Chattiṃsatīṃ pañca ca abbudāni;
Yamariyagarahī nirayaṃ upeti,
Vācaṃ manañca paṇidhāya pāpakan’’ti.
~ Cited from: Paṭhamakhatasuttaṃ, Bhaṇḍagāmavagga, Catukkanipātapāḷi, Aṅguttaranikāya, Tipitaka. (English…
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How were large Pali words perceived / understood originally?
I asked How to break Pali compound words? in which I tried to also ask the question I am asking here, but the answers focused mostly on how to break down Pali words (which I also find important).
But for this question, I am wondering how ancient…
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Is Nibbana a "Realization"?
I read the following on the internet:
But the core of the Realization has nothing to do with causality,
otherwise Nirvana would still be subordinate to Samsara, while in fact
Nirvana is famously unconditioned which is to say it…
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