Dear Arlo,

It's vīruttr̥ṇamayapuruṣa in verse 264 of the Subhāṣitaratnakōṣa:

kāmaṁ kūlē nadīnām anugiri mahiṣīyūthanīḍōpakaṇṭhē
gāhantē śaṣparājīr abhinavaśalabhagrāsalōkā balākāḥ
antarvinyastavīruttr̥ṇamayapuruṣatrāsavighnaṁ kathañcit
kāpotaṁ kodravāṇāṁ kavalayati kaṇān kṣētrakōṇaikadeśe 

Ingalls' translation:

By the streambank, up toward the hills,
close by where the buffaloes are lying,
the cranes stalk calmly through the young grass
hunting for fresh locusts;
the flock of doves, though hindered by their fear
of straw-filled scarecrows set therein,
yet manages to peck up grains of beggarweed
along a corner of the field.

Andrew

On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 8:37 PM Arlo Griffiths via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> 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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