श्लोक

Hindi

श्लोक • (ślok) m

Declension of श्लोक (masc cons-stem)

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “श्लोक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śláwkas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to listen, to hear”). Related to शृणोति (śṛṇoti, “to hear”) and श्रवण (śravaṇa, “hearing”).

श्लोक • (ślóka) stem, m

sound; noise, call, voice
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
praise, hymn of praise
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
a verse couplet in Sanskrit comprising two 16-syllable lines or else four 8-syllable hemistichs
glory, fame, renown

Masculine a-stem declension of श्लोक (ślóka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	श्लोकः ślókaḥ	श्लोकौ / श्लोका¹ ślókau / ślókā¹	श्लोकाः / श्लोकासः¹ ślókāḥ / ślókāsaḥ¹
Vocative	श्लोक ślóka	श्लोकौ / श्लोका¹ ślókau / ślókā¹	श्लोकाः / श्लोकासः¹ ślókāḥ / ślókāsaḥ¹
Accusative	श्लोकम् ślókam	श्लोकौ / श्लोका¹ ślókau / ślókā¹	श्लोकान् ślókān
Instrumental	श्लोकेन ślókena	श्लोकाभ्याम् ślókābhyām	श्लोकैः / श्लोकेभिः¹ ślókaiḥ / ślókebhiḥ¹
Dative	श्लोकाय ślókāya	श्लोकाभ्याम् ślókābhyām	श्लोकेभ्यः ślókebhyaḥ
Ablative	श्लोकात् ślókāt	श्लोकाभ्याम् ślókābhyām	श्लोकेभ्यः ślókebhyaḥ
Genitive	श्लोकस्य ślókasya	श्लोकयोः ślókayoḥ	श्लोकानाम् ślókānām
Locative	श्लोके ślóke	श्लोकयोः ślókayoḥ	श्लोकेषु ślókeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic