Vishloka, Viśloka: 4 definitions
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Vishloka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Vishloka has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Viśloka can be transliterated into English as Visloka or Vishloka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViśloka (विश्लोक):—(2. vi + śloka)
1) adj. des Ruhmes baar [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 315. 317.] —
2) m. ein best. Metrum ebend. [Colebrooke II, 86. 155 (II, 2, 2).]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Vishlokajati.
Full-text: Matravritta.
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