Mleccha
Pre-modern Sanskrit term referring to outsiders, foreigners, barbarians and invaders / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mleccha (from Vedic Sanskrit: म्लेच्छ, romanized: mlecchá) is a Sanskrit term, referring to those of an incomprehensible speech, foreign or barbarous invaders as distinguished from Aryan Vedic tribes.[1][2]
The word Mleccha was commonly used for foreign barbarians of whatever race or colour.[3][verification needed] As a mleccha, any foreigner stood outside the varna system and the ritual ambience. Thus, historically, contact with them was viewed by the Hindu as polluting. The Mleccha people were Śākas, Huns, Chinese, Greeks, Kambojas, Pahlavas, Bahlikas and Rishikas.[4] The Barbaras, Kiratas, Paradas, Saka-Greeks, Indo-Greeks, Pulindas, Scythians,[5] Kushans,[6] Kinnaras,[7] Tusharas,[8] Nishadas,[9] Türks and Arabs were also mlecchas.[10]