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slo·ka (shl

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A distich of Sanskrit verse consisting of two sixteen-syllable lines of two eight-syllable padas each.

[Sanskrit loka, sound, hymn, sloka; see kleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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droop verse wilt			Batra also remembered by heart most of its slokas and would recite them like a true Pandit and then explained to me in simple language the central theme behind each sloka. The editor's column by Political Economy Journal of India Despite being illiterate, this particular bard knew the Mahabharata which, with its 100,000 slokas, is longer even than the seven-book Ramayana; it is said to be roughly eight times the length of the Iliad and Odyssey put together, and four times the length of the Bible. All Indian life is here by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk James Gunaseelan writes for the Hindu temple related portal for pooja items, books, slokas, pariharams, homams Bikram Yoga by Roger Thompson / Food/cooking/nutrition community			Sloane Ranger Sloanea Sloanea jamaicensis sloat slob slob ice slob out slobber slobber over Slobberer slobbery Slock Slocking Slocking stone sloe sloe gin sloe-eyed slog slogan sloganeer sloganeering sloganize slogger sloggy sloka Slokas sloke slommock sloo Sloom Sloomy sloop sloop of war sloop-rigged sloot slop slop around slop basin slop bowl slop chest slop jar Slop molding slop out slop pail slop shop slop-seller slope slope away slope down Slope of a plane slope off			slogger sloggers sloggers slogging slogging slogging slogging chisel slogging it out slogging it out sloggy SLOGIC Slogin Slogin SLOGM slogs slogs slogs slogs it out slogs it out SLOH SLOHE SLOHS SLOI SLOIC SLOIFF SLOIP SLOJ SLOJO sloka sloka Slokas sloke SLOL SLOLT SLOM SLOMFP slommock SLOMR SLOMRA Slonim Slonimski, Antoni Slonimskii, Liudvig Slonimskii, Liudvig Zinovevich Slonimskii, Mikhail Slonimskii, Mikhail Leonidovich Slonimskii, Sergei Slonimskii, Sergei Mikhailovich Slonimsky, Nicolas Slonov, Ivan Slonov, Ivan Artemevich sloo SLOODLE Sloom Sloomy sloop sloop sloop

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sloka (redirected from Slokas)

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