sloka
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sloka
First recorded in 1800–10; from Sanskrit śloka “sound, noise, stanza, hymn”
Example Sentences
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The Dhammapada is a part of the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Buddhistic Canon and consists of about 420 stanzas in the sloka metre.
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The Commentator excludes from the operation of the harsh rule in this 20th sloka, an heir, who is supposed to deny his ancestor's debt or liability through ignorance; but he attempts to justify the rule itself by experience of human conduct.
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The &c. refers to the other exceptions in sloka 25.
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As to the guru and áchárya, the following is the 34th sloka of Yájnavalkya's first book:—He is a man's guru, who, after going through the ritual, imparts to him the Veda: he is áchárya, who invests with the sacred cord and then imparts the Veda.
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He explains the enormity of the offence described in this sloka to consist in the contempt of Court.
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