मानसार शिल्पशास्त्र (प्रसन्ना कुमार आचार्य - प्राचीन भारतीय स्थापत्य, नगर-नियोजन व मूर्ति-शिल्प महाकोश)

ष्टि, षhasटsubscript! Does the letter in line 12 look likeष्टा? Look at it: ष+ट+ा? Wait, it has a loop, a curve, and an ाmatra! Wait, then what is the letter after it? Wait, in line 12, let's read the characters between(चार्ध)andलयोर्मध्ये: Character 1: ष्टा? Character 2: ङ्गु! Character 3: ल Character 4:यो Character 5:र्म Character 6:ध्ये YES! It isष्टाङ्गुलयोर्मध्ये! Let's re-verify: सार्ध(चार्ध)ष्टाङ्गुलयोर्मध्ये! Because: सार्ध+अष्टाङ्गुलयोर्मध्ये-> with sandhi:सार्धाष्टाङ्गुलयोर्मध्येor the author wroteसार्धthen variant(चार्ध), and then the rest of the word is ष्टाङ्गुलयोर्मध्ये! If you read सार्ध+ष्टाङ्गुलयोर्मध्ये, that's सार्ध[अ]ष्टाङ्गुलयोर्मध्ये! If you read चार्