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@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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Rohana Seneviratne
DPhil Student in Sanskrit
The Oriental Institute
Faculty of Oriental Studies
University of Oxford
Pusey Lane, Oxford
OX1 2LE
United Kingdom

Email: rohana.seneviratne@orinst.ox.ac.uk
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