मालतीमाधवम् (महाकवि भवभूति - शास्त्रीय शृंगार एवं तान्त्रिक प्रकरण नाटक सम्पूर्ण १० अङ्क)

त 7. न्त्र 8. ः Wait! 'खतन्त्रः'??? Why would it say 'खतन्त्रः'? Wait! Could it be 'सतन्त्रः'? No. Could it be 'स्वतन्त्रः'? Look at the bottom of that letter: is there a loop below? Wait! Is it 'अस्वतन्त्रः'? Look at 'अ' in some fonts: sometimes 'अ' is written with a loop at top, like Gujarati or old Bengali/Devanagari? No, standard Devanagari. Wait! What if the pratika is: "परवान्" And the explanation is: Wait, could the word be "परवानस्वतन्त्रः"? Look at 'स' in 'स्वतन्त्रः': if 'अ' dropped in sandhi, 'परवान्' + 'अस्वतन्त्रः' = 'परवानस्वतन्त्रः'. But where does 'अ' go? In sandhi: परवान् + अस्वतन्त्रः: न् + अ = न! So: परवान (paravāna) + स्वतन्त्रः (svatantraḥ) = परवानस्वतन्त्रः! Wait, look at the letter: is it 'स्व'? Let's look at 'स्व' in L15: "श्यामशरीरस्वभावोऽप्यापाण्डु..." Look at 'स्व' in 'स्वभावो' (L15): It has 'स' on top, and