# Pali is the same as Magadhi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Pali studies\ **Created:** [February 22, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/pali-is-the-same-as-magadhi/1125 "2024-02-22T05:13:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/robertk/32/1498_2.png) [@RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/RobertK)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/pali-is-the-same-as-magadhi/1125/9 "2025-04-18T03:04:20Z")
> [@On the Language of the Buddha](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/on-the-language-of-the-buddha/1012): > > 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](http://tinyurl.com/57t84cc5)). 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/pali-is-the-same-as-magadhi/1125)._