काशिका वृत्ति (आचार्य वामन एवं जयादित्य - अष्टाध्यायी सूत्र-वृत्ति सम्पूर्ण सान्वय सटीक)

? YES! In many 19th/early 20th century fonts, the avagraha ऽ was cast on a sort with a shirorekha! Look at the curve: it is definitely an 'S'-shaped avagraha: ऽ! It curves right, then left, then right, with a small tail. That is 100% an avagraha ऽ! And grammatically, it connects to किमो from the previous line: Line 23: ...किमो Line 24: ऽदिति च प्रत्यन्तरं न विधीयते साकच्कार्थम् ॥ किमो + अदिति = किमोऽदिति! This makes 100% perfect grammatical sense!

- Let's check line 23:
  `क्व । गमिष्यसि ।`
  Wait, look at `क्व`:
  There is a big black blotch. Is it `क्व`?
  Yes, `क्व` with a heavy ink blotch on the `क`.
  Then `। गमिष्यसि । क्व भोक्ष्यते ।`

- Let's check line 31:
  `असौ ॥ औत्वप्रतिषेधः साकच्काद्वा वक्तव्यः सादुत्वं च ॥ * ॥ यदा चौत्व-`
  Wait, is that an asterisk `*` between dand