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Definition[1]

mleccha, barbarian, foreigner, wicked; defined as 'ill-looking', a term for a non-Buddhist tribe or people. Also 彌離車; cf. 蜜. 

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

梵名 Mleccha。指邊地之卑賤種族。又作彌離車、篾隸車、蜜列車、宜例車、畢嘌蹉。意譯邊地、邊夷無所知者、卑賤、下賤種、垢濁種、惡中惡、奴中奴。梵語原意為言語不分明者,如我國所謂南蠻鴃舌之人;引申指頑愚卑賤、憎惡佛法之種族,相傳該族居於印度西方或北方。如大毘婆沙論卷一二一及卷一八三謂,此族居於印度西方。大唐大慈恩寺三藏法師傳卷二謂,此族在北印度濫波國以北。〔十誦律卷二十六、瑜伽師地論卷二十、瑜伽論記卷六上、續高僧傅卷四、慧琳音義卷二〕

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佛光電子大辭典
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