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    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 314.
    cañcā f. (-ccā)

    1 A mat, a stool, &c. made of reeds or basket work.

    2 A puppet of grass or reeds, a man of straw.

    E. cañca to go, ac aff.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 274, col. 2.
    cañcā (ñcā) 1. f. A mat; a stool; a
    puppet of grass or man of straw.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 165.
    cañcā f. mat-work.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 90, col. 3.
    cañcā cañcā, f. basket-work: -puruṣa, m.
    man of straw, scarecrow.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 382, col. 2.
    cañcā a f. anything made of cane or reeds, basket-work, L.
    p. 382, col. 2.
    = °ñcā-puruṣa, Pāṇ. i, 2, 52, Vārtt. 5, Pat.; Pāṇ. iv f., Pat. & Kāś.
    p. 382, col. 2.
    cañcā b f. of °ca, q.v.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 259, col. 1.
    cañcā

    f. (-ñcā)

    1. A mat, a stool, &c. made of reeds or basket work.

    2. A
    puppet of grass or reeds, a man of straw.

    E. cañc to go, ac aff.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 236, col. 2.
    cañcā cañcā f. natte de canne ou d'osier; homme de paille.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    p. 118, col. 2.
    cañcā f. Rohrwerk.

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 2847, col. 1.
    cañcā strī cancaac . nalanirmmite kaṭabhede (cām̐ca)
    medi0 . cañceveti ivārthe kan luv manuṣye iti tasya
    lup . tṛṇamayapuruṣe lupivyaktivacanatvāt strī

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 2, p. 416.
    cañcā , strī, (cañca + ac + ṭāp .) nalanirmmitā .
    cāca iti bhāṣā . (cañceva manuṣyaḥ . iti
    ivārthe kan tataḥ lummanuṣye . 5 . 3 . 98 .
    iti kano lup .) tṛṇanirmmitapūruṣaḥ . iti
    medinī . ce . 5 ..

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 222, col. 2.
    Cañcā (Pali Ciñcā), n. of a brahman girl who falsely

    accused Buddha: Laṅk 240.12; MSV i.161.1 ff.; 212.10.