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

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Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2024 1:17 AM
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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



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