Śloka
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śloka (P. siloka; T. tshigs bcad; C. ji/song; J. ge/ju; K. ke/song 偈/頌). Translated as “stanza,” "verse," etc. Refers to a unit of metered verse in traditional Sanskrit literature.[1]
The Princeton Dictionary states:
- Although the exact form of the verse may vary, the most common form of śloka is composed of four “feet” (pāda), each foot consisting of eight syllables, for a total of thirty-two; this form is called the anuṣṭubh. Other forms include the triṣṭubh, which has four feet of eleven syllables each, and the gāyatrī, which has three feet of eight syllables each. The form is widely used in Buddhist and non-Buddhist Indian literature, which is often composed in a mixture of prose and verse.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. geya.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
