shloka

English

Alternative forms

• sloka

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 2013, p. 268:

     But it's not to be yet. There's a series of slokas to be recited.

   • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin 2014, p. 3:

     They had heard Swamiji on their radio sets describe yoga asanas and quote shlokas from ancient Sanskrit texts.

Anagrams

• Halkos, Khosla