श्लोक — {ślóka} m. (prob. connected with √1. {śru} i, 2, 33 gives a fanciful derivation fr. {śoka}, 'sorrow', the first {śloka} 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.)##a call or voice (of the gods)##fame renown, glory, praise, hymn of praise##a proverb, maxim##a stanza, (esp.) a partic. kind of common epic metre (also called Anu-shṭubh, 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) &c##N. of a Sāman
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