न्यायमञ्जरी: प्रथम भाग (आचार्य जयन्त भट्ट - पं. सूर्यनारायण शुक्ल सम्पादित, काशी संस्कृत ग्रन्थमाला)
Nyayamanjari of Jayanta Bhatta Part 1
आचार्य जयन्त भट्ट (सम्पादक: पं. सूर्यनारायण शुक्ल) द्वारा
पृष्ठ 434, कुल 654 में से
संदर्भ में पढ़ेंौ - त्या - नु - मा - ना - दौ
Wait, 'शौ' or 'शै'?
It has an aa-matra and two ai-matras? That's 'शौ'!
Wait, in Sanskrit, is it 'शौत्य' or 'शैत्य'?
'शैत्य' comes from 'शीत' (शीतस्य भावः शैत्यम्).
Why does it look like 'शौ'?
Ah, look at the matra: there is a pṛṣṭhamātrā!
In old Devanagari typography, 'ऐ' can be written as one stroke before/after and one on top, or 'शौ' is printed.
Wait, look at 'श्रोत्रिया': line 1, 'श्रो' has one vertical and one top stroke.
Here in line 32: look at the letter:
It has: श + vertical stroke to the right + two slanted strokes on top! That spells 'शौ'!
Wait, or is it 'शै'? Some fonts write 'शै' with a vertical stroke on the left/right? No, 'शौ' is often a typo for 'शैत्य' or printed as 'शौत्य'. Let's look closely: it's definitely 'शौत्यानुमानादौ'.
L33:
"तस्य ह्यनन्यथासिद्धेरिह त्वेवं न युज्यते ॥"
Wait, let's read:
त - स्य
ह्य - न - न