śakuniprapatanā- seems to refer to something like a scarecrow in PS 19.47.8b; though it is an epithet applied to a woman whom the speaker wishes to become insane or shunned, a masculine form meaning "scarecrow" might be the inspiration for it.
Op zo 31 mrt 2024 om 03:18 schreef Arlo Griffiths via INDOLOGY < [email protected]>: > 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 > -- Carmen Sylvia Spiers
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