वास्तु मण्डन (मण्डन सूत्रधार - गृह, राजप्रासाद, दुर्ग एवं नगर-वास्तु सटीक)

vowel! "काश्च" is ONE syllable! का is heavy with श्च coda!). WAIT! "काश्च" is ONE syllable: /kāś-ca/? NO! "काश्च" = /kāś-ca/ -> TWO syllables: काश् and च! का (long) + श्च (has inherent vowel 'a'!) YES! श्च = śca! It ends in 'a'! Sanskrit metre: अ (1) श्वत्थ: श्वत् (2) थ (3) Wait, त्थ ends in 'a'! So: अ (1) श्व (2) त्थ (3) 4 (?) 5 (?) 6 (?) का (7) श्च (8) YES! काश्च is TWO syllables: का is syllable 7, श्च is syllable 8! Now, between त्थ (3) and का (7), there are syllables 4, 5, 6! THREE SYLLABLES! Let's look at the letters between त्थ and का: There are THREE syllables: Syllable 4: शा? Syllable 5: शो? Wait, where is syllable 6? Wait, look between त्थ