[INDOLOGY] Mleccha

[Martin Straube]

Dear Patrick,

As usual, M. Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen, is an indispensable source for linguistic matters (see vol. II, p. 389). Indian primary sources regarding mlecchas and other foreigners have been exhaustively compiled and discussed in K. Karttunen, Yonas And Yavanas In Indian Literature, Helsinki 2015 [= Studia Orientalia, 116]. Check the index and the searchable file which can be downloaded from here: https://journal.fi/store/issue/view/4184

Best 
Martin Straube



Patrick Olivelle via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> schrieb am Montag, 24. August 2026 um 14:31:

> Dear All:
> 
> A colleague in India who is not a member of this list asked me for secondary works, as well as primary sources, for the concept of “mleccha” in ancient India. The work by Parasher-Sen is well known. But are there others? With thanks and best wishes,
> 
> Patrick
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