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Latest comment: 4 months ago by JonathanHopeThisIsUnique in topic Pali pronunciation in different traditions

Sanskrit-Pali contrast

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Could anyone help to translate the Sanskrit words in the sections with saṃskṛta → pālī format? As in:

saṃskṛta (well-organized) → pālī

——170.64.197.129 (talk) 13:29, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

An Ambiguous Prakrit Dialect in Odisha Is Similar to Pali, That Makes Pali Western How?

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"Modern scholars generally regard Pali to have originated from a western dialect, rather than an eastern one. Pali has some commonalities with both the western Ashokan Edicts at Girnar in Saurashtra, and the Central-Western Prakrit found in the eastern Hathigumpha inscription." The wiki page on the Hathigumpha inscription does not mention anywhere about an "Central-Western Prakrit" and The Hathigumpha inscription is located in the east. Is this sentence suppose to be relevant as to why modern scholars think Pali is western or was this suppose to be apart of a seperate paragraph about how Pali is difficult to classify, or does the wiki page on the Hathigumpha inscription needs an additional explenation on which prakrit dialect is being written? 2603:7000:C00:6:86EC:57D5:4E76:3F94 (talk) 20:10, 15 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Omissions in description

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In the phonology section, nothing is said about stress. In the morphology section, there is nothing about verbal morphology. There is also no syntax section. ~2025-43840-74 (talk) 20:07, 1 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Pali pronunciation in different traditions

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Would it be a good idea to add some information on how Pali words have been adapted into different languages? Similar to the article Latin regional pronunciation? It might be interesting to note in particular some details about Pali chanting in different languages. For example here's a source about Pali chanting in the Thai tradition: https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/ChantingGuide/Section0003.html Apparently the Thai variant of Pali is tonal due to Thai influence, pretty interesting! JonathanHopeThisIsUnique (talk) 22:47, 1 July 2026 (UTC)Reply