Hare Krishna,Please can someone let me know who are mlecchas as per scriptures and who can be termed as mlecchas in the current world....??Also I read that Maharashtri is one of the mleccha language from which modern day marathi emerged....I speak marathi does that mean even I come under mleccha category??HARIBOL!!!
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In Sanskrit, Malam means impure or contaminated substance. Malechaas is the term used in vedic times for the people who would eat pigs and other lower animals. Mala also means the stool of an animal and iccha means to desire about something. So, malechaas means the one who desire to eat something very impure (pork).
Hari bol!!!
ALEXANDER > Sudheendra SFebruary 11, 2014 at 7:32am
Which is correct:maleccha or mleccha? If mleccha comes from mala+icchA then how it became mleccha and not maleccha?
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In Sanskrit, Malam means impure or contaminated substance. Malechaas is the term used in vedic times for the people who would eat pigs and other lower animals. Mala also means the stool of an animal and iccha means to desire about something. So, malechaas means the one who desire to eat something very impure (pork).
Hari bol!!!
Which is correct:maleccha or mleccha? If mleccha comes from mala+icchA then how it became mleccha and not maleccha?
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