Sanskrit mleccha and Pali/Prakrit milakkha were terms used to describe foreigners as well as indigenous tribes and peoples of the Indian subcontinent who were considered outsiders to a value system built around the concept of dharma initially understood as a universal natural order that later became th…
Foreigner (Mleccha)(3,890 words)
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Aloka Parasher-Sen, “Foreigner (Mleccha)”, in: Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Edited by: Knut A. Jacobsen, Helene Basu, Angelika Malinar, Vasudha Narayanan. Consulted online on 17 February 2019 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2212-5019_beh_COM_9000000013>
First published online: 2012
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