shloka

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Etymology

From Sanskrit श्लोक (śloka).

Noun

shloka (plural shlokas)

  1. A distich of Sanskrit verse, in which each line contains sixteen syllables.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 268:
      But it's not to be yet. There's a series of slokas to be recited.
    • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 3:
      They had heard Swamiji on their radio sets describe yoga asanas and quote shlokas from ancient Sanskrit texts.

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