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म्लेच्छास्य

   
Script: Devanagari

म्लेच्छास्य     

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English
म्लेच्छास्य  n. n. ‘foreigner-face’, copper (so named because the complexion of the Greek and Muhammedan invaders of India was supposed to be copper-coloured), [L.]

म्लेच्छास्य     

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English
म्लेच्छास्य  n.  (-स्यं) Copper.
E. म्लेच्छ a barbarian, and आस्व face, which would seem to allude to the fair complexion of the Greek or Maha- mmedan invaders of Hindusthan.
ROOTS:
म्लेच्छ आस्व

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