Re: [INDOLOGY] Use of the term "śloka"

[Dipak Bhattacharya]

Any verse may be loosely mentioned as ;sloka. Perhaps here too the meaning
is 'verse' that may be in any metre and might consist of four or, even, six
quarters.
Best
DB

On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 12:10 AM, Rohana Seneviratne <
rohana.seneviratne at orinst.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Please kindly help me understand the use of the term "śloka" in describing
> the contents of manuscripts, as in the case; "Extent of the manuscript: 300
> ślokas." Clearly it does not denote only the verses in anustubh, because
> some works contain more or fewer verses than the extent given as such in
> mss catalogues, and even the contents of some prose works are introduced
> that way.
>
> Could it be the number of lines or complete sentences they refer to with
> the term śloka?
>
> Thank you.
>
> With Best Wishes,
> Rohana
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