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”

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Example Sentences

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sloka

The &c. refers to the other exceptions in sloka 25.

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

Schlegel and Rosen consider that a sloka, describing the attributes of Varuna, has been lost—that in this line 'varanam, seligendum' should be written instead of 'Varunam.'

From Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems by Henry Hart Milman

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 George Thibaut

We have, in sloka 70, rendered the word 'infidels.'

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

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

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