sloka
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sloka
First recorded in 1800–10; from Sanskrit śloka “sound, noise, stanza, hymn”
Example Sentences
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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 &c. refers to the other exceptions in sloka 25.
From Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya by Edward Röer
In our text the sloka 'from that the Lord of Mâyâ creates all this' gives instruction about the creation of the world.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George
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 Wilder, Alexander
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
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