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/zloka / श्लोक

A /zloka is a stanza made of two (sometimes three) zloka-lines.

A zloka-line has sixteen vowels, and usually a pause in the middle.

The heavy and light vowels of a zloka have to follow a certain pattern. As it is a bit long to explain, please see this gadget. It shows the pattern of heavy and light vowels of the zrI-sarasvaty-aSTottara-zata-nAma-stotraM श्रीॱसरस्वत्यष्टोत्तरॱशतॱनामॱस्तोत्रं.

The last line in there, namely —

|| iti zrI-sarasvaty-aSTottara-zata-nAma-stotraM sampUrNam|| ॥ इति श्रीॱसरस्वत्यष्टोत्तरॱशतॱनामॱस्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम्॥

is not a zloka-line, and that is why the gadget on the right side does not show <‐‐‐‐ in the last line.