A History of Indian Literature v2.c22.10
A History of Indian Literature v2.c22.10
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The commentaries frequently use the word "Pāli" in the sense of "canonical text" in contrast to the Attha-Kathā, sometimes also in the sense of "language of the canonical texts;" in the Jātaka commentary "Pāli" often means the Jātaka-Gāthās. Curiously enough the term "Pāli" is used at the present day by the country people of Eastern Bengal to denote the verse portions in their prose narratives (Rūpa-Kathās and Gīta-Kathās).¹