TQAryan CultureThe Indian Historical QuarterlyVol. 32 · No. 2 & 3OpenThe Indian Historical QuarterlyPhonetic Convergence in PaliBy Madhusudan MallikThis linguistic study investigates a phenomenon the author terms ‘phonetic convergence’ in Pali. The language of the Theravada scriptures is shown to be neither a uniform dialect nor a direct…June & September 1956Vol. 32 · No. 2 & 3pp. 136–138Pali Phonetic ConvergenceSanskrit Pali TransformationIndic Linguistic Change+1