Mleccha
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title:
Mleccha
text:
Mleccha is a Sanskrit term, used by the Vedic Aryans
to refer to those of an incomprehensible speech, foreign or barbarous invaders as distinguished from the Vedic tribes. Within Vedic Brahmanical discourse, the term is used to refer to 'non-Aryans': foreigners who are considered outside the realm of Vedic dharma. The word Mleccha was commonly used for foreigners of whatever race or colour. As a mleccha, any foreigner stood outside the varna system and the ritual ambience. Thus, historically, co
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description:
Pre-modern Sanskrit term referring to outsiders, foreigners, barbarians and invaders
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mleccha
date created:
2004-06-02T18:57:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T09:41:25Z
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