1. A hymn of praise.
2. Celebrity, renown, or fame.
3. A particular kind of common epic meter, the Anushtubh.
4. Any verse or stanza.
5. A proverb or saying.
श्लोक (śloka) [Printed book page 1029-c] Śloka, as, m. (probably connected with rt. 1.
śru; according to Rāmāyaṇa I. 2, 33. fr.
śoka, ‘sorrow,’ the first Śloka having resulted from the
involuntary expression of Vālmīki's grief at be-
holding a bird killed by a fowler), praising or
hymning in verse, a hymn of praise; an object of
praise; celebrity, renown, fame, reputation; a par-
ticular kind of common epic metre (also called Anu-
ṣṭubh, consisting of four Pādas or quarter verses of
eight syllables each, or two lines of sixteen syllables
each; the following is the usual scheme applicable
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mark. denoting either long or short, and the sixth
syllable being either short or long, but if short, then
requiring the seventh to be short also, and if long,
then long); any verse or stanza; a proverb, saying;
= vāc (Naigh. I. 11).
—Śloka-tā, f. or
śloka-tva, am, n. versification; celebrity in verse.
—Śloka- dvaya, am, n. a couple of Ślokas, two verses.
—Śloka-baddha, as, ā, am, composed in Ślokas.
—Śloka-mātra, am, n. a single Śloka.
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