searching under „Strohmann“ the NWS yields:
cañca
tṛṇapuruṣa(ka)
°cañcāpāñcajana
°jharaṅka
Another German word that - among other shades of meaning - could also be used to mean „scarecrow“ („Vogelscheuche“) was „Strohpuppe“:
°cañcāveṣā
°tṛṇakāminī
If you’re looking for 19th-century German-language equivalents, it’s a bit like an Easter egg hunt, just right for today.
Happy Easter!
Walter
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] scarecrowDear 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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