युक्तिकल्पतरु (महाराज भोज - नौका-निर्माण, जलयान-विज्ञान, शस्त्र, दुर्ग एवं राजधर्म सटीक)

? No. Could it be "मूष"? A rat's egg? Rats don't lay eggs! What about "तोष"? No. Let's look at the letter closely: Is it 'ष'? Wait! Look at the letter 'ष' in 'अवृत्तस्य' (line 13: 'स्य'), in 'सप्तमं' (स). Look at 'ष' in 'माषकम्' (line 5): loop with diagonal stroke. In line 11, the letter has a rounded shape... wait, could it be 'ष'? Wait! Could it be 'कूर्म्म'? No. Could it be "कूर्मडिम्ब"? No. Could it be "शोष"? No. Wait, let's look at the text as printed: "यत्तु चन्द्रांशु-संकाशमौषडिम्बफलाकृति ।" Letter by letter: म (ma) with 'ौ' matra? Yes, look at the two slants on the top bar! Next letter: It has a top bar, a vertical down, a curve to the right, wait... is it 'ष'? Yes, it looks exactly like 'ष'! So the typeset text literally reads: "मौषडिम्बफलाकृति" or "मोषडिम्बफलाकृति"! Let's look at the matra: there is a vertical line after 'म', and TWO slants above it: that is '