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**pharweqto** · 05-22-2011, 02:14 PM

The "Pali" in The Pali Canon simply distinguishes it from those latter sutras written in Sanskrit or other languages, I think.

Yeah, but it is also a rather arbitrary and modern designation. Back in the day it was pretty much just "the Dhamma" or "this Dhamma" (distinguishing the Buddha's own)...

05-22-2011, 02:14 PM	#14
pharweqto Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 367 Senior Member	The "Pali" in The Pali Canon simply distinguishes it from those latter sutras written in Sanskrit or other languages, I think. Yeah, but it is also a rather arbitrary and modern designation. Back in the day it was pretty much just "the Dhamma" or "this Dhamma" (distinguishing the Buddha's own)...
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