sloka

American  

[sloh-kuh] / ˈsloʊ kə /

noun

1. a couplet or distich of Sanskrit verse, especially one with each line containing 16 syllables.

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Etymology

Origin of sloka

First recorded in 1800–10; from Sanskrit śloka “sound, noise, stanza, hymn”

Example Sentences

The Dhammapada is a part of the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Buddhistic Canon and consists of about 420 stanzas in the sloka metre.

From The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada by Woodward, Frank Lee

He explains the enormity of the offence described in this sloka to consist in the contempt of Court.

From Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya by Edward Röer

Moreover, Scripture, in continuation of the phrase, 'Brahman is the tail, the support,' goes on, 'On this there is also the following sloka: He who knows the Brahman as non-existing becomes himself non-existing.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George

The only difficulty consists in the second half of the sloka.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

Hence the sloka cannot refer to that Self, and hence Brahman is different from that Self.—This objection, the Pûrvapakshin rejoins, is unfounded.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George