All pronunciations are as found in Sri Lanka. This generally conforms well to what is described in the ancient Pali grammar books. This page is still a work in progress. If you notice any errors, please contact info@readingfaithfully.org. See more notes at the end. Much gratitude to the monks who kindly and patiently made the recordings.
The ⚠ sign indicates that this word is easily mispronounced or confused with other words. Be careful!
A | B | C | D | E | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | Y
A ↑
Abhaya
Abhiya Kaccāna
Acela Kassapa
Aciravata
Aciravatī
Adhikakkā
Aggivessana
Ajita Kesakambali
Ājivaka
Akaniṭṭha
Ākāsa
Āḷāra Kālāma
Ambalaṭṭhikā
Anāthapiṇḍika
Ānanda
Aṅga
Aṅgīrasa
Aṅgulimāla
Aṅguttarāpans
Annabhāra
Anuruddha
Āpaṇa
Assaji
Assalāyana
Assapura
Atappa
Aṭṭhaka
Aṭṭhakanāgara
Avantiputta
Aviha
B ↑
Bāhukā
Bāhumatī
Baka
Bakkula
Bālaka
Bālakaloṇakāra
Beluvagāmaka
Bhaddāli
Bhagga
Bhaggava
Bhagu
Bhañña
Bhāradvāja
Bhesakalā
bhikkhu
bhikkhunī
Bhūmija
bilva
Bimbisāra
Brahmā
Bodhisatta
Brahmāyu
C ↑
Campā
Caṇḍalakappa
Candana
Caṅkī
Cātumā
Channa
Cunda
D ↑
Daṇḍaka
Daṇḍapāni
Dasama
Devadaha
Devadatta
Devakaṭa
Devala
Dhammadinnā
Dhanañjāni
Dhānañjānī
dhāropa
Dīgha Kārāyaṇa
Dīghanakha
Dīgha Parajana
Dummukha
Dūsī
E ↑
Ekapuṇḍarīka
Esukārī
G ↑
Gagga
Gaggarā
Gaṇakamoggallāna
gandhabba
Gayā
Ghāṭā
Ghaṭīkāra
Ghosita
Ghoṭamukha
Gopakamoggallana
Gosinga
Gotama
Gulissāni
Gundā
H ↑
Haliddavasana
I ↑
Icchānaṅgala
Isidatta
Isigili
Isipatana
J ↑
Jambu
Jāṇussoṇi
Jayasena
Jeta
Jīvaka
Jotipāla
K ↑
kahāpana
Kajaṅgalā
Kakusandha
Kāḷakhemaka
Kaḷārajanaka
Kālī
Kāliṅga
Kamboja
Kammāsadhamma
Kandaraka
kaṇṇikāra
Kāpaṭhika
Kapilavatthu
Kappina
Karavīka
Kāsi
kasiṇa
Kassapa
kaṭhina
Keṇiya
Khemiya
Kikī
Kimbila
Kisa Saṅkicca
Kīṭāgiri
Kokanada
kola
Komārabhacca
Komudī
Koravya
Kosala
Kosambī
Kosiya
Kukkuṭa
Kumāra Kassapa
Kuṇḍadhāna
Kuru
kusa
Kusinārā
L ↑
Licchavis
Lomasakaṅgiya
M ↑
Madhurā
Magadha
Māgandiya
Mahā Kaccāna
Mahā Koṭṭhita
Mahā Moggallāna
Mahānāma
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī
Makhādeva
Makkhali Gosāla
Malli
Mallikā
Māluṅkyaputta
māluva
Mantāṅi
Mantāṅiputta
Māra
mataja
Mātanga
Mejjha
Migācīra
Migāra
Mithilā
Moliya Phagguna
mukhelu
muñja
N ↑
Nādikā
nāga
Nagaraka
Nagaravinda
Nāgasamāla
Naḷakapāna
Naḷakāra
Nāḷandā
Nandaka
Nandana
Nanda Vaccha
Nandiya
nibbāna
Nigaṇṭha
Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta
Nigrodha
Nimi
O ↑
Okkala
Opasāda
P ↑
paccekabuddha
padumaka
Pajāpati
Pajjota
Pakudha Kaccāyana
Palāsa
Pañcakaṅga
Paṇḍuputta
Pārāsariya
Pāricchattaka
Pasenadi
Pāṭaliputta
pāti
Pātimokkha
patta
Pāvā
Pavāraṇā
Pāvārika
Payāga
Pessa
Pilakkha
Pilotika
Pingalakoccha
pisīla
Pokkharasāti
poṇa
Potaliputta
Potaliya
Pubbajira
Pubbavideha
Pukkusāti
Punabbasuka
Puṇṇa
Puṇṇa Mantāniputta
Puṇṇikā
Purāṇa
Pūraṇa Kassapa
R ↑
Rāhu
Rāhula
Rājagaha
Rājaka
Rammaka
Rattapāṇi
Raṭṭhapāla
Revata
S ↑
Saccaka
Sahampati
sāka
Sāketa
Sakka
Sakulā
Sakuludāyi
Sākyan
sāl
sāla
Sāmagāma
Samaṇamaṇḍikāputta
Samiddhi
Samīti
Sanankumāra
Sandaka
Sangārava
Sañjaya
Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta
Sañjikāputta
Sañjīva
Sarassatī
Sāriputta
Sāvatthī
Sāvitrī
Sela
Senānigama
Seniya
serāva
simbali
Sineru
Sirivaḍḍha
Somā
Subha
Subhaga
Subhūti
Sudassa
Sudassī
Sudhamma
Suṁsumāragira
Suṁsumāragiri
Sunakkhatta
Sunāparanta
Sundarika
T ↑
Taṇḍulapāla
Tapassi
Tārukkha
Thullakoṭṭhita
tindukā
Todeyya
U ↑
Udāyin
Uddaka Rāmaputta
Udena
Uggāhamāna
Ujuññā
Ukkacelā
Ukkaṭṭha
Upaka
Upāli
Upamaññā
Upananda
Upatissa
Uposatha
Uruvelā
Uttara
V ↑
Vacchagotta
Vacchāyana
Vajji
Valāhaka
Vāmadeva
Vāmaka
Varadhara
Vāsabhā
Vāseṭṭha
Vassa
Vassakāra
Vedehikā
Vedehiputta
Vejayanta
Vekhanassa
Verañja
Vesāli
Vessāmitta
Vessavaṇa
Videha
Vidhura
Viḍūḍabha
Visākha
Visākhā
vittha
Y ↑
Yama
Yāma
Yamataggi
Yona
Notes
Alphabetical order: Order follows generally standard English order. Diacrictics are ignored except in the case of otherwise identical words, in which case those without diacritics come first.
Anglicizing: In translations Pāli names are often modified to make them fit grammatically. For example plurals and possessives. As well, a final “an” is often added to make a word into a nationality, e.g. Vajjian. For the most part these ending have been removed in this list.
Final vowels: Some final vowels may sound longer than one might expect.
Variations: Several Pali names (and words) are very similar, so be careful to get the right one. As well, names often have slight variations between manuscripts.