[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s8.902 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.902 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.902 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.902](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.902) Śloka, in the plural, is found enumerated after the Upaniṣads, and before the Sūtras, in the list of literary types given in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.¹ In the Taittirīya Upaniṣad² the Śloka-kṛt appears: he is rather the ‘poet,’ as Max Müller³ renders it, than merely one who ‘calls aloud,’ as the St. Petersburg Dictionary explains the term.⁴ Exactly what is meant cannot be said: ‘verses’ generally may be intended, several kinds being preserved in the Brāhmaṇas and called Ślokas.⁵ - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.901](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.901) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.903](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.903) - [Up: v2.c4.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.902](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.902) · Pramāṇa