A Sanskrit term shloka (श्लोक; also spelt sloka) specifically denotes a metered and often rhymed poetic verse or phrase. It also connotes and has come to mean a proverb and a form of prayer throughout
Dharmic Traditions having arisen in the
Vedas. Shloka has become equated with
Hindu prayer and is often comparable to a
proverb and
hymn of praise to be sung or chanted in liturgy. Shloka are generally composed in a specified
meter, typically part of
stotras. The most common form in classical (post-Vedic) poetry is the
anustubh, a verse of four
padas (feet), each of eight
syllables. Anustubhs are the primary verse form of the
Sanskrit epics,
Mahabharata and
Ramayana. Use of anustubhs became prevalent to the point of "shloka" often being used as a synonym of "anustubh".
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