रूपमण्डन एवं देवमूर्त्ति-प्रकरणम् (मण्डन सूत्रधार - प्राचीन मूर्तिकला एवं देव-प्रतिमा लक्षण सटीक)

: 'त्' is just half-त (without the right vertical stem). Half-त followed by 'पा': 'त्पा'. Now, how is half-त followed by 'सु' (tsu)? Half-त (a stroke without vertical stem) followed by 'स' with 'ु': 'त्सु'! Now look at line 26: Does the character after 'र्प' have a vertical stem? WAIT! Look at 'सर्प...': There is 'स', then 'र्प'. Then look at the next shape: Wait! Is it 'त्' without vertical stem? NO! There is a vertical stem! Wait, is that letter 'त'? Wait, let's look at the word: Could it be 'सर्पत्तषु'? Why would it be 'सर्पत्तषु'? Wait, look at the two words: Word 1: ‘सर्प... Word 3: जलप... Wait, why did I think the last letter is 'क्षु'? Look at 'क्ष': Could that glyph be 'त्सु'? Let's see: in ligature 'त्' + 'स', some old fonts don't use half-त + स. Instead, they use a special conjunct for 'त्स'! What does the 'त्स' conjunct look like? A 'त' on the left, connected to 'स' on the right! Or a 'त' above, 'स' below!