Pali is the same as Magadhi?

[RobertK]

On the Language of the Buddha

Some time ago, I’ve investigated the question what modern scholarship as well as the tradition thought Pāḷi is, but it was included in a rather lengthy introduction to my Pāḷi grammar ((PDF) Māgadhabhāsā (Pāḷi) – A Compendious Grammar on the Language of Pāḷi Buddhism (Second Edition, Revised) | Ṭhānuttamo Anāgārika - Academia.edu). Given that material tends to be buried in such long-winded discussions, I thought also of reposting the relevant parts here. I think that this section of the introdu…