Compare also Pali. In the Abhidhamma definition of saññā we find: yathā-upaṭṭhitavisayapadaṭṭhānā tiṇapurisakesu migapotakānaṃ purisā ti uppannasaññā viyā (Visuddhimagga 457 (XIV.113); Atthasālinī 111)
Its footing is an object as presented, as when young animals have the cognition ‘people’ with regard to scarecrows. Best wishes, Rupert — Rupert Gethin Professor Emeritus of Buddhist Studies University of Bristol On 31 Mar 2024, at 02:35, Arlo Griffiths via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote: I've just found one myself in the Amaraṭīkāsarvasva: manuṣyaḥ cañceva cañcāmanuṣyaḥ kharakuṭī nāpitaśālā | cañcā tṛṇamayaḥ puruṣo yaḥ kṣetrarakṣaṇāya kriyate Arlo ________________________________ From: INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of Arlo Griffiths via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2024 1:17 AM To: INDOLOGY <[email protected]> Subject: [INDOLOGY] scarecrow Dear colleagues, Looking through NWS (search term Vogelscheuche), MW, and even the English-Sanskrit dictionaries at https://sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/simple/, it is hard to find any words that evidently means 'scarecrow' in Sanskrit. Would anyone be able to point me to words expressing this meaning with some degree of plausibility? Best wishes, Arlo Griffiths _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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