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Mleccha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

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Alternative spellings of this word include Mlechchha.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Mleccha (म्लेच्छ):—(von mlich, mlech)

1) m. gaṇa ucchādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 160.] a) Wälscher, Barbar [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 65.] [Medinīkoṣa ch. 5.] [Halāyudha 2, 444.] [ŚAT.] [BR. 3, 2, 1, 24.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 149. 12, 43.] [Mahābhārata 1, 3480.] sasarja phenataḥ sā gaurmlecchānbahuvidhānapi [6685. 3, 2402.] uttarāścāpaṃre mlecchāḥ krūrāḥ [6, 372.] goyoniprabhavāḥ [7,3379. 12, 6293.] [Harivaṃśa 6441.] (kāmaduhaḥ) romakūpeṣu mlecchāḥ (saṃbhūtāḥ) [Rāmāyaṇa.1,55,3.] [Spr. 1209.] [DAŚAR.2,42.] [VARĀH.] bei [Colebrooke II, 411.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī.1,107. 308.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 375. 443. 477, Nalopākhyāna 65. 482.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss 288,4.] [Oxforder Handschriften 22,a,23.] [Weber’s Indische Studien.1,13,26.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 85,11. 87,19.] [Hiouen-Thsang.1,88.] [Vie de Hiouen-Thsang 75. 230.] [WASSILJEW 50,52.] jātayaḥ [Amarakoṣa.2,10,21.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 934.] [Mahābhārata.1,7659. 12,6947.] [Oxforder Handschriften 339,b,21.] deśa [Amarakoṣa 2, 1, 7.] kṛṣṇasārastu carati mṛgo yatra svabhāvataḥ . sa jñeyo yajñiyo deśo mlecchadeśastvataḥ paraḥ .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 23.] deśāḥ [Harivaṃśa 11453.] vāc [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 45.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5803.] bhāṣā [378.] rakta [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 824.] mleccha = pāparakta ein Mann, der Hang zum Bösen hat, [Medinīkoṣa] — b) das Wälschen, Unkenutniss der Sprache des Landes; = apabhāṣaṇa [Medinīkoṣa] = abhāṣaṇa [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] —

2) n. Kupfer [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1040,] [Scholiast]; vgl. mlecchamukha, mlecchākhya, mlecchāsya .

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Mleccha (म्लेच्छ):—

1) b) mleccho ha vā eṣa yadapaśabdaḥ [Patañjali] in [MAHĀBH. lith. Ausg. Einl. 6,a.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Mleccha (म्लेच्छ):——

1) m. — a) Wälscher , Barbar. — b) *ein Mann , der Hang zum Bösen hat. — c) das Wälschen , Unkenntniss der Landessprache ; Barbarismus Comm. zu [Jaiminiyanyāyamālāvistara 1,3,29.] —

2) f. mlecchī f. zu 1)a) [Hemacandra's Pariśiṣṭaparvan 2,668.fg.] —

3) *n. — a) Kupfer. — b) Zinnober [Rājan 13,57.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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