sloka
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sloka
First recorded in 1800–10; from Sanskrit śloka “sound, noise, stanza, hymn”
Example Sentences
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This corresponds to about 300 verses, each sloka of thirty-two syllables.
From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Alexander Wilder
The constant changes to which non- intelligent matter is liable are illustrated in the next sloka, 'Earth is made into a jar,' &c.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by George Thibaut
But, an objection is raised, the Vishnu Purâna, in the sloka, 'The stars are Vishnu,' &c.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by George Thibaut
On account of the repetition; for in the memorial sloka, 'he becomes himself non-existing,' Brahman alone is reiterated.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by George Thibaut
Moreover, in the very sloka under discussion it is said that that being is the abode of the mind and the five vital airs, and this also is a characteristic attribute of the individual soul.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by George Thibaut
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