Mleccha (from Vedic Sanskrit: म्लेच्छ, romanized: mlecchá) is a Sanskrit term, referring to those of an incomprehensible speech, foreign or barbarous...
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Mlechchha dynasty (redirect from Mleccha dynasty)
sanskritized to Mleccha; an inscription from the reign of a king from the later Pala dynasty claims him to be a mlecchādhināth (Lord of The Mlecchas). An illegible...
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gibbon lives exclusively in Java, Indonesia Moloch in popular culture Mleccha This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Moloch...
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related to judeo-Malayalam by ancient Jewish settlements in South India Mleccha This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Melech...
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The kingdom was ruled by three dynasties who traced their lineage from a mleccha or Kirata Naraka; the Varmanas (c. 350–650 CE), the Mlechchha dynasty (c...
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Madraka Magadha Maha Chinas Mahisha Malla Malava Manipura Matsya Mekhalas Mleccha Mudgala Mushika Nasikya Nepa Niharas Nishadas Odra Pallava Panchala Pandya...
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churning of the sea of Malwa. Verse 20: He also destroyed other lowly Mleccha rulers (of the neighborhood). He uprooted Nagaur. Verse 21: He rescued...
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and Baluḫḫu. Asko Parpola relates the name Meluḫḫa to Indo-Aryan words mleccha (Sanskrit) and milakkha/milakkhu (Pali) etc., which do not have an Indo-European...
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today, the Kamakya Temple became identified with the state power when the Mleccha dynasty of Kamarupa patronised it first, followed by the Palas, the Koch...
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accompanies him. The Vanaparava of Mahabharata contains prophecies that "Mleccha kings of the Shakas, Yavanas, Kambojas, Bahlikas etc. shall rule the earth...
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Harappan term for the Indus Valley civilization, also reflected in Sanskrit mleccha meaning non-Vedic or foreign, and Witzel (2000) further suggests that Sumerian...
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Civilizing mission Chichimeca Ethnocentrism Hannibal Ethnography Ethnology Mleccha Mongoloid Nanban Nemets Philistine Shogun Skræling Stateless societies...
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prayers of the oppressed people to crush the large armies of the powerful Mleccha ruler, the destroyer of virtue". Nagabhata I was followed by two weak successors...
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Sansthan, Haryana, Seminar Report: pages 114–117 Killingley, Dermot (2007). "Mlecchas, Yavanas and Heathens: Interacting Xenologies in Early Nineteenth-Century...
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born, the twice-born who adhere to the Vedic dharma, in contrast to the mlecchas, who live outside the Aryan territory and Vedic traditions. The precise...
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"Proto-Dravidian homeland". He also relates Meluhha with the transient word Mleccha, a Vedic word used to mean "barbarian" and used by the incoming Aryan speaking...
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(2003, p. 119) "Magadha was considered by Brahmanic literature to be a mleccha (barbarian) land where Vedic sacrifices and Brahmanic rituals were not...
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cryptically warned Yudhishthira of the plot against their lives in a Mleccha language, and a means of escape. Upon their arrival to the town and the...
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culture — especially those of barbaric nature — were collectively termed as Mleccha. Very little was mentioned in the ancient Indian literature about the kingdoms...
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seeing the first Mughal ruler Babur, who is described as the "cruel king of Mlecchas (Muslims)". Akbar is described as "a miraculous child", and the text notes...
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tribes of the north are the Mlecchas, and the Kruras, the Yavanas, the Chinas, the Kambojas, the Darunas, and many Mleccha tribes; the Sukritvahas, the...
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roots in Austroasiatic languages. The others in the list of 300 – such as mleccha and nir – have Dravidian roots found in the southern region of India, or...
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century, as the land was not granted on a large scale by any ruler of the Mleccha and Pala dynasty. These early land grants had natural boundaries such as...
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river, and defeated several mleccha kings. The poet Kalidasa, who accompanied him, magically turned into ashes a mleccha named Mahamada, whose followers...
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elaborated more on the origins. The epic Mahabharata mentions the Kiratas as a Mleccha tribe along with Pulindas and Chinas, Hunas, Pahlavas, Sakas, Yavanas,...
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Madraka Magadha Maha Chinas Mahisha Malla Malava Manipura Matsya Mekhalas Mleccha Mudgala Mushika Nasikya Nepa Niharas Nishadas Odra Pallava Panchala Pandya...
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(1975). "On the relationship of the Sumerian toponym Meluhha and Sanskrit mleccha". Studia Orientalia. 46: 205–238. Southworth, Franklin C. (2005). Proto-Dravidian...
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warlike tribes from the northwest. There are references to the warring mleccha hordes of Sakas, Yavanas, Kambojas and Pahlavas in the Balakanda of the...
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to contrast Hindus from Muslims who are called Yavanas (foreigners) or Mlecchas (barbarians), with the 16th-century Chaitanya Charitamrita text and the...
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Madraka Magadha Maha Chinas Mahisha Malla Malava Manipura Matsya Mekhalas Mleccha Mudgala Mushika Nasikya Nepa Niharas Nishadas Odra Pallava Panchala Pandya...
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