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sloka

[ sloh-kuh ]

noun

  1. a couplet or distich of Sanskrit verse, especially one with each line containing 16 syllables.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sloka1

First recorded in 1800–10; from Sanskrit śloka “sound, noise, stanza, hymn”
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Example Sentences

Sloka Iyengar, a neuroscientist, will lead the activities, which will explore the sensory system, the brain, the heart, the lungs and the bones.

Sloka Iyengar, a neuroscientist, will lead the activities, which will explore the sensory system, the brain, the heart, the lungs and the bones.

Sloka Iyengar, a neuroscientist, will lead the activities, which will explore the sensory system, the brain, the heart, the lungs and the bones.

No tree with fruit or blossoms can be cut down, as the sloka threatens the cutter with destruction of his family and wealth.

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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