[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s4.926 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.926 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.926 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.926](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.926) Mleccha occurs in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹ in the sense of a barbarian in speech. The Brahmin is there forbidden to use barbarian speech. The example² given of such speech is he ’lavo, explained by Sāyaṇa as he ’rayaḥ, ‘ho, foes.’ If this is correct—the Kāṇva recension has a different reading³—the barbarians referred to were Āryan speakers, though not speakers of Sanskrit, but of a Prākṛta form of speech.⁴ Cf. Vāc. - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.925](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.925) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.927](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.927) - [Up: v2.c4.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.926](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.926) · Pramāṇa