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A Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 term shloka (?????; also spelt sloka) specifically denotes a metered and often rhymed poetic verse or phrase. Shloka is the chief metre used in the Epics.It also connotes and has come to mean a proverb and a form of prayer throughout Indian religions having arisen in the Vedas
Vedas

The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in History of India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest Hindu scripture of Hinduism....
. Shloka has become equated with Hindu prayer
Prayer in Hinduism

Prayer or worship is considered to be an integral part of the Hinduism way of living. The chanting of mantras is the most popular form of worship in Hinduism....
 and is often comparable to a proverb
Proverb

A proverb , also called a byword or nayword, is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated, which expresses a truth, based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity....
 and hymn
Hymn

A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity/deities, a prominent figure or an epic tale....
 of praise to be sung or chanted in liturgy.






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A Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 term shloka (?????; also spelt sloka) specifically denotes a metered and often rhymed poetic verse or phrase. Shloka is the chief metre used in the Epics.It also connotes and has come to mean a proverb and a form of prayer throughout Indian religions having arisen in the Vedas
Vedas

The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in History of India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest Hindu scripture of Hinduism....
. Shloka has become equated with Hindu prayer
Prayer in Hinduism

Prayer or worship is considered to be an integral part of the Hinduism way of living. The chanting of mantras is the most popular form of worship in Hinduism....
 and is often comparable to a proverb
Proverb

A proverb , also called a byword or nayword, is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated, which expresses a truth, based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity....
 and hymn
Hymn

A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity/deities, a prominent figure or an epic tale....
 of praise to be sung or chanted in liturgy. Shloka are generally composed in a specified meter
Meter (poetry)

In poetry, the meter is the basic rhythm of a verse . Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse meter, or a certain set of meters alternating in a particular order....
, typically part of stotras. The most common form in classical (post-Vedic) poetry is the anustubh, a verse of four pada
Pada

Pada may refer to:* Pada , the foot* Sri Pada, or Adam's Peak, a mountain in Sri Lanka* Pada River, see List of rivers of Estonia...
s (feet), each of eight syllable
Syllable

A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of Speech communication sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter....
s. Anustubhs are the primary verse form of the Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 epics, Mahabharata
Mahabharata

The is one of the two major Sanskrit Indian epic poetrys of History of India, the other being the '. The epic is part of the Hindu itihasa , and forms an important part of Hindu mythology....
 and Ramayana. Use of anustubhs became prevalent to the point of "shloka" often being used as a synonym of "anustubh". The traditional view is that this form of verse occurred to Valmiki, the author of the Ramayana, on seeing a hunter shoot down one of two birds in love.

See also

  • Aksharaslokam
    Aksharaslokam

    Akshara Slokam Akshara Slokam is the unique poetical entertainment originated and developed in Malayalam language is a rich cultural heritage of Kerala....
  • Prayer in Hinduism
    Prayer in Hinduism

    Prayer or worship is considered to be an integral part of the Hinduism way of living. The chanting of mantras is the most popular form of worship in Hinduism....
  • Vedic meter
    Vedic meter

    The verses of the Vedas have a variety of different meter . They are divided by number of padas in a verse, and by the number of syllables in a pada. Chandas , the study of Vedic meter, is one of the six Vedanga disciplines, or "organs of the vedas"....
  • Mantra
    Mantra

    A mantra can be defined as a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that are considered capable of creating transformation. Their use and type varies according to the school and philosophy associated with the mantra....


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