Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A distich of Sanskrit verse consisting of two sixteen-syllable lines of two eight-syllable padas each.
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- noun Alternative form of
shloka .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Earlier, only 40 hymns and one 'sloka' of Guru Ravidass, which were part of the Guru Granth Shaib, were treated as his compositions.
The Times of India 2010
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Earlier, only 40 hymns and one 'sloka' of Guru Ravidass, which were part of the Guru Granth Shaib, were treated as his compositions.
The Times of India 2010
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'sloka' of Guru Ravidass, which is part of the Sikh holy book.
The Times of India 2010
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'sloka' of Guru Ravidass, which is part of the Sikh holy book.
The Times of India 2010
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If honourable Members will care to go just outside this Assembly hall and look at the dome above, they will see a sloka in Sanskrit:
All forms of renunciation are to be embodied in Raja Dharma. Philosophers must be Kings Tusar N Mohapatra 2008
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If honourable Members will care to go just outside this Assembly hall and look at the dome above, they will see a sloka in Sanskrit:
Archive 2008-08-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008
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M: Na nirodha na chotpattirNabaddho na cha sadhakaha Na mumukshur na vai mukta Ityesha paramarthata This sloka appears in the second chapter [v. 32, vaithathya prakarana] of Gaudapada's Karika [a commentary on the Mandukyopanishad].
Ramana Maharshi on Sri Aurobindo Tusar N Mohapatra 2006
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Page 49 1.1.1 - In this sloka, the particular words Abhijnah and Svarat are significant.
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Sloka Telecom (www. sloka.com) – WiMax base stations
Beware The Reverse Brain Drain To India And China Vivek Wadhwa 2005
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Here occurs a sloka regarding (Yayati's) descendants,
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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