Mleccha

Mleccha (sa म्लेच्छ, translit: mlecchá) is a Sanskrit term referring to those of incomprehensible speech, foreigners or invaders deemed distinct and separate from the Vedic tribes.Monier-Williams, Monier. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press, 1899, p. 841.Macdonell, Arthur Anthony. A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary. Longmans, Green, & Co., 1897.Parasher Aloka The Designation Mleccha for Foreigners in Early India 1979 https://www.jstor.org/stable/44141948 Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 40 109–120 44141948 2249-1937 Mlecchas as a reference group in early India included certain outsiders who did not conform to the values and ideas and consequently to the norms of the society accepted by Vedic people. 5 February 2022 5 February 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220205214723/https://www.jstor.org/stable/44141948 liveMlechchha – ancient Indian class https://www.britannica.com/topic/mlechchha 2022-01-13 www.britannica.com en __NOTOC__ From Hindu texts A They (the Hindus) differ from us in religion… There is very little disputing about theological topics among themselves; at the most they fight with words, but they will never stake their soul or body or their property on religious controversy. ... in all manners and usages they differ from us to such a degree as to frighten their children with us… and as to declare us to be devil’s breed and our doings as the very opposite of all that is good and proper, ....they call all foreigners as mleccha, i.e. impure, and forbid having any connection with them, be it by intermarriage or any other kind of relationship, or by sitting, eating, and drinking with them, because thereby they think, they would be polluted… They are not allowed to receive anybody who does not belong to them, even if he wished it, or was inclined to their religion. Alberuni, Alberuni's India, I, pp.19-20. quoted from K.S. Lal, Indian Muslims who are they, 1990 B The Hindus catching the mlechchas by their hands, whirled them round, just as Bhima did to the elephants; but the comparison does not do justice to the fight. Chand Bardai: Prithviraja Raso. quoted in Ten heads of ravana : a critique of hinduphobic scholars. (2023). Garuda Prakashan Private Limited.(Eaton 2006:42) M And the whole world will be filled with mleccha behavior and notions and ceremonies, and sacrifices will cease and joy will be nowhere and general rejoicing will disappear. [...] And, O Yudhishthira, the whole world will be mlecchified. And men will cease to gratify the gods by offerings of Sraddhas. And no one will listen to the words of others and no one will be regarded as a preceptor by another. And, O ruler of men, intellectual darkness will envelop the whole earth. Mahabharata, Book III, CLXXXIX, as translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli (1883–1896) V By repeatedly exterminating the Mlechhas, having once more made Aryavarta what its name signifies - victorious in the world is the lord, the guardian of the earth Visala, ruler of Sakambhari. Delhi-Siwalik Pillar inscription of Visaladeva, quoted in Misra, R. G. (2005). Indian resistance to early Muslim invaders up to 1206 A.D. p.80 [Vigraharaja IV's victories led him to claim of] having rendered Aryavarta worthy of its name by the repeated extermination of the Mlechhas. Vigraharaja, quoted in Indian Antiquary, Vol 14. quoted in Misra, R. G. (2005). Indian resistance to early Muslim invaders up to 1206 A.D. p.67 The Mlechchhas have surrounded all the holy places with the result that they have become infected with evil. Besides, the holy people are full of sorrow. At such a time Krishna alone is my way. Vallabha in Shrikrsnashrayah, that make up the Sodashagrantha. Quoted in Richard Barz (1992). Bhakti Sect Of Vallabhacarya. Motilal UK Books of India. p. 16. ISBN 978-8121505765. Quoted from Jain, M. (2019). Flight of deities and rebirth of temples: Episodes from Indian history. External links Category:History of India