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ślokaश्लोकślóka m. (prob. connected with √ 1. śru, [R. i, 2, 33] gives a fanciful derivation fr. śoka, ‘sorrow’, the first having been composed by Vālmīki grieved at seeing a bird killed) sound, noise (as of the wheels of a carriage or the grinding of stones &c.), [RV.]
a call or voice (of the gods), [ib.]
fame, renown, glory, praise, hymn of praise, [ib.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; [BhP.]
a proverb, maxim, [MW.]
a stanza, (esp.) a partic. kind of common epic metre (also called Anu-ṣṭubh q.v.; consisting of 4 Pādas or quarter verses of 8 syllables each, or 2 lines of 16 syllables each, each line allowing great liberty except in the 5th, 13th, 14th and 15th syllables which should be unchangeable as in the following scheme, 8. 1. 8-8., the dots denoting either long or short; but the 6th and 7th syllables should be long; or if the 6th is short the 7th should be short also), [ŚBr.]; [KauṣUp.]; [MBh.] &c.
N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]
ślokabhūश्लोकभूśloka—bhū mfn. being or appearing in sound, [AitĀr.]
ślokayaश्लोकयNom. P. °yati ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 25]), to make resound, cause to sound, [VS.]
ślokakṛtश्लोककृत्śloka—kṛ́t mfn. making a sound, sounding, calling, noisy, [AV.]; [TUp.]
ślokatvaश्लोकत्वśloka—tva n. versification, celebration in verse, [R.]; [Ragh.]
ślokakāraश्लोककारśloka—kāra m. a composer of Ślokas, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 23.]
ślokabaddhaश्लोकबद्धśloka—baddha mfn. composed in Ślokas, [R.]
ślokadvayaश्लोकद्वयśloka—dvaya n. a couple of Ślokas
two verses
ślokamātraश्लोकमात्रśloka—mātra n. a single Ślokas, [MW.]
ślokasthānaश्लोकस्थानśloka—sthāna n. = sūtrasth°, [Car.]
ślokatrayaश्लोकत्रयśloka—traya n. N. of wk.
ślokacaraṇaश्लोकचरणśloka—caraṇa m. a single stanza of a Ślokas, [Saṃgīt.]
ślokadīpikāश्लोकदीपिकाśloka—dīpikā f. N. of wk.
ślokagautamaश्लोकगौतमśloka—gautama m. Gautama (when speaking) in Śl°s or in metre, [Cat.]
ślokayantraश्लोकयन्त्रśloka—yantra (śloka-) mfn. confining sound (within the limits of metre; accord. to others, ‘having Ślokas for reins’), [RV. ix, 73, 6.]
ślokatarpaṇaश्लोकतर्पणśloka—tarpaṇa n. N. of wk.
ślokasaṃgrahaश्लोकसंग्रहśloka—saṃgraha m. N. of various works.
ślokavārttikaश्लोकवार्त्तिकśloka—vārttika n. (also called mīmāṃsā-śl°oka-v°ārttika) a metrical paraphrase of Śabara's Mīmāṃsā-bhāṣya by Kumārila.
ślokadvayavyākhyāश्लोकद्वयव्याख्याśloka—dvaya—vyākhyā f. N. of wk.
ślokakālanirṇayaश्लोककालनिर्णयśloka—kāla-nirṇaya m. N. of wk.
ślokapañcakavivaraṇaश्लोकपञ्चकविवरणśloka—pañcaka-vivaraṇa n. N. of wk.