1 A. (ślokate) 1 To praise or compose in verse, versify.

2 To acquire.

3 To abandon, give up. [Page1063-a+ 56]

4 To heap together, collect.

(prob. Nom. fr. śloka below) cl.1 A1. ślokate, to compose or be composed (saṃghāte) Dha1tup. iv, 3 (accord. to Vop. also sarjane and varjane). 141056 1104,3 224150 m. (prob. connected with 1. śru R. i, 2, 33 gives a fanciful derivation fr. śoka, sorrow, the first śloka having been composed by Va1lmi1ki vālmīki grieved at seeing a bird killed) sound, noise (as of the wheels of a carriage or the grinding of stones &c)...