shlokaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Sanskrit श्लोक (śloka).

名詞

shloka (複数形 shlokas)

1. A distich of Sanskrit verse, in which each line contains sixteen syllables.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 268:

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

   • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 3:

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

派生語

• sloka meter

アナグラム

• Halkos, Khosla