‖ sloka
(ˈsləʊkə)
Also 8 sloca.
[Skr. {sdotab}loka sound, noise, call, hymn, stanza, etc.]
A couplet or distich of Sanskrit verse, each line containing sixteen syllables.
| 1800 Asiatic Ann. Reg. I. 80/1 Divine authority revealed to Menu the sacred principles in a hundred thousand slocas, or verses. 1842 W. C. Taylor Anc. Hist. xviii. (ed. 3) 571 The great Hindoo epic..which contains one hundred thousand slokas, or distichs. 1895 R. W. Frazer Silent Gods (1896) 56 The wide Brāhman street..which once echoed with the sacred sound of the Sanskrit sloka. |