मानसार शिल्पशास्त्र (प्रसन्ना कुमार आचार्य - प्राचीन भारतीय स्थापत्य, नगर-नियोजन व मूर्ति-शिल्प महाकोश)
Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture by P.K. Acharya
मानसार ऋषि (अनुवादक: डॉ. प्रसन्ना कुमार आचार्य) द्वारा
पृष्ठ 558, कुल 856 में से
संदर्भ में पढ़ेंगोमन्धो or गोमन्थो? Look at 'थ': 'थ' has a loop. But 'ध' also has a loop in some fonts. However, look at 'रोमंदाद्गार': here there is anusvara and 'द' = रोमंदाद्गार, or रोमंथाद्गार? Ruminating is romantho/romantha (रोमन्थ)!
Ah! 'रोमन्थ' = chewing the cud / rumination!
So is it 'गोमन्थो रोमंथाद्गार' or is the text corrupt in MS and printed as:
Look at the characters:
In 'गोमन्धो' / 'गोमन्थो':
Wait, look at 'रोमंदाद्गार' vs 'रोमदोद्गार':
Wait, in 'रोमदोद्गार', it's definitely 'दोद्गार' (द + ो + द + ् + ग + ा + र = दोद्गार)!
And before it: 'रोमं' then 'दाद्गार' or 'दोद्गार'?
Wait! Look at the letter in 'रोमंदाद्गार':
र, ो = रो
म, ं = मं
द, ो / द, ा ? Look at the top: it has a stroke: 'दो' or 'दा'?
Wait, look at: 'रोमंदोद्गार'? No, there is an 'ा' and no 'े' on the bar? Wait, the letter after 'मं' has: 'द' +