ताण्ड्य महाब्राह्मण / पञ्चविंश ब्राह्मण (सायण भाष्य एवं चिन्नस्वामी शास्त्री टीका सहित)

व्यतिरेकेण पर्यायं होत्रादीनि..."?
In Sāyana on PB 9.3.24:
"रात्रिपर्यायेष्वपि संधिव्यतिरेकेण पर्याये होत्रादीनि चत्वारि चत्वारि स्तोत्राणीत्येवं साम्यम्"
Wait, some editions print पर्याये, some print पर्यायं.
Wait, look at the image again:
Look at the stroke above य:
It has a curve and a dot inside it! That is literally ँ!
Wait, but is there an e-matra?
No, the curve IS the crescent of the candrabindu, or an e-matra with an anusvara?
Wait, look at line 7: य एवँ वेद - compare the candrabindu in एवँ to the mark on पर्यायँ:
In एवँ (line 7): above 'व', there is a crescent and a dot inside it.
In line 16: above 'य', there is a crescent and a dot inside it!
It is EXACTLY the same type sort: candrabindu ँ!
Wait, is there an e-matra under it? No! It's just 'य' + 'ँ'!
Wait, why would it be पर्यायँ? Because the compositor used पर्यायं and applied the sandhi rule: -म् before ह becomes nasalized (ँ)!
Yes