मालतीमाधवम् (महाकवि भवभूति - शास्त्रीय शृंगार एवं तान्त्रिक प्रकरण नाटक सम्पूर्ण १० अङ्क)

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Wait! 'खतन्त्रः'??? Why would it say 'खतन्त्रः'?
Wait! Could it be 'सतन्त्रः'? No.
Could it be 'स्वतन्त्रः'? Look at the bottom of that letter: is there a loop below?
Wait! Is it 'अस्वतन्त्रः'? Look at 'अ' in some fonts: sometimes 'अ' is written with a loop at top, like Gujarati or old Bengali/Devanagari? No, standard Devanagari.
Wait! What if the pratika is:
"परवान्"
And the explanation is:
Wait, could the word be "परवानस्वतन्त्रः"?
Look at 'स' in 'स्वतन्त्रः': if 'अ' dropped in sandhi, 'परवान्' + 'अस्वतन्त्रः' = 'परवानस्वतन्त्रः'. But where does 'अ' go? In sandhi:
परवान् + अस्वतन्त्रः: न् + अ = न!
So: परवान (paravāna) + स्वतन्त्रः (svatantraḥ) = परवानस्वतन्त्रः!
Wait, look at the letter: is it 'स्व'?
Let's look at 'स्व' in L15: "श्यामशरीरस्वभावोऽप्यापाण्डु..."
Look at 'स्व' in 'स्वभावो' (L15):
It has 'स' on top, and