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.
The Sanskrit term Viśloka can be transliterated into English as Visloka or Vishloka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Viśloka (विश्लोक) is a type of mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) described in the Mātrāsamakaprakaraṇa section of the second chapter of Kedārabhaṭṭa’s Vṛttaratnākara. The Vṛttaratnākara is considered as most popular work in Sanskrit prosody, because of its rich and number of commentaries. Kedārabhaṭṭa (C. 950-1050 C.E.) was a celebrated author in Sanskrit prosody.
2) Viśloka (विश्लोक) refers to one of the thirty mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) mentioned in the 331st chapter of the Agnipurāṇa. The Agnipurāṇa deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (e.g., the viśloka metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
3) Viśloka (विश्लोक) refers to one of the thirty-four mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) mentioned in the Garuḍapurāṇa. The Garuḍapurāṇa also deals with the science of prosody (e.g., the viśloka) in its six chapters 207-212. The chapters comprise 5, 18, 41, 7 and 9 verses respectively.
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Viśloka (विश्लोक) is the name of a catuṣpadi metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Viśloka has 16 mātrās in each of their four lines, with the 5th and the 8th mātras represented by short letters.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Viśloka (विश्लोक):—[=vi-śloka] [from vi] a mfn. destitute of fame, [Piṅgala Scholiast, i.e. halāyudha]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of metre, [ib.; Colebrooke]
3) [=vi-śloka] b See p. 953, col. 1.
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Starts with: Vishlokajati.
Full-text: Matravritta.
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