Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

[श्लोक्-अच्]

1. Praising in verse, extolling.
2. A hymn or verse of praise.
3. Celebrity, fame, renown, name; as in पुण्यश्लोक quod vide, which see; वैदेहि तावदमलो भुवनेषु पुण्यः श्लोकः प्रशस्तचरितैरुपगीयतां ते Mv.7.26; उत्तमश्लोकdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Bhāg.2.1.9.
4. An object of praise.
5. A proverb or saying.
6. A stanza or verse in general; श्लोकत्वमापद्यत यस्य शोकः R.14.7; समक्षरैश्चतुर्भिर्यः पादैर्गीतो महर्षिणा । सोऽनुव्याहरणाद्- भूयः शोकः श्लोकत्वमागतः ॥ Rām.1.2.4.
7. A stanza or verse in the Anuṣṭubh metre.
8. The dear and beloved people (इष्टमित्र ?); यथा ह वै पदेनानुविन्देदेवं कीर्तिं श्लोकं विन्दते Bri. Up.1.4.7.

1. masculine gender (probably connected with √1. श्रु R. i, 2, 33 gives a fanciful derivation from शोक, "sorrow", the first श्लोक having been composed by Va1lmi1ki वाल्मीकि grieved at seeing a bird killed) sound, noise (as of the wheels of a carriage or the grinding of stones etc.) fg-veda
2. masculine gender a call or voice (of the gods) ibidem
3. masculine gender fame renown, glory, praise, hymn of praise ibidem AV. TS. Breton BhP.
4. masculine gender a proverb, maxim MW.
5. masculine gender a stanza, (especially) a particular kind of common epic metre (also called Anu-sht2ubh अनु-ष्टुभ् quod vide; consisting of 4 Pa1das पाद s or quarter verses of 8 syllables each, or 2 lines of 16 syllables each, each line allowing great liberty except in the 5th, 13th, 14th and 15th syllables which should be unchangeable as in the following scheme, 8. 1. 8-8., the dots denoting either long or short; but the 6th and 7th syllables should be long; or if the 6th is short the 7th should be short also) S3Br. KaushUp. MBh. etc.
6. masculine gender Name of a Sa1man सामन् A1rshBr.