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

It need not surprise us, therefore, to see that, although Râmânuja is praised in the fifty-third sloka of this poem as "the foremost of the learned," some of his tenets are attacked in the eightieth.

From The Tattva-Muktavali by Chakravartin, Purnananda

VIII, 6, 5 quotes the old sloka which says that the man moving upwards by the artery penetrating the crown of the head reaches the Immortal.—Kaush.

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

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 Thibaut, George

And for this reason, the subsequent sloka goes on to say that there is nothing but knowledge.

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