一切經音義 5.158

5.158

Mleccha (蔑戾車) (The first character has the fanqie mian + bie [m-]; the next has lian + jie [l-]; the last has chi + zhe [ch-]. This is an inaccurate, corrupt abbreviation of the Sanskrit spoken in peripheral regions. The correct Sanskrit sound should be mleccha. Translated here as 'those who covet and delight in defiled filth', base and lowly people of the border regions who do not believe in the True Dharma).