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- noun Plural form of
sloka .
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Examples
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The 'Aphorisms on Love' by Vatsyayana contain about one thousand two hundred and fifty slokas or verses, and are divided into parts, parts into chapters, and chapters into paragraphs.
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Let one amongst you stand aside, according to the indication of the above slokas. '
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Listen, I shall tell the slokas which were chanted of old by the illustrious Janaka touching the subject of controlling the self!
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The number of sections in this is sixty-nine and the number of slokas is four thousand, nine hundred and sixty-tour.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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And Utanka then glorified the serpents by the following slokas:
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Here also are certain slokas: The report of virtuous deeds spreadeth over the earth and ascendeth to heaven.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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In the corresponding slokas of Manu, ten Palas are said to be equivalent to one Dharaṇa.
Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya W.A [Translator] Montriou
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Thus addressed by them, Narada recited three slokas.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Several slokas in the first book, however, and some in the third, do refer to and affect the details of law, which are the proper subject of the second book, where therefore they are inserted, according to their subject.
Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya W.A [Translator] Montriou
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The number of slokas also composed in this by the great Rishi is six thousand, six hundred and ninety-eight.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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