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halo 'nantarAs saMyogaH

हलो ऽनन्तराः संयोगः ONPANINI 11007

A group of consonants is called a cluster (/saMyoga).

Linking to /yak. FOR a test.

Why is being a cluster important?

According to rule saMyogAntasy..., a word that ends in a cluster loses the last letter.

So when some other rules form hanumAnt हनुमान्त् which ends in the cluster nt न्त्, this saMyogAntasy... chops off the t त्, making **hanumAn हनुमान्.

But the word **vidyut' विद्युत्ऽ does not end in a cluster, so it keeps the t त्.

Similarly, smR स्मृ + /yak + /te''' makes **smaryate स्मर्यते because sm स्म् is a cluster, but kR कृ + /yak + /te''' makes **kriyate क्रियते because k क् is not a cluster.

Might you break down halonantarAH हलोनन्तराः please?

The word antara अन्तर means "what is in between", like the "inter" of "international". So an-antara- अनन्तरॱ means "betweenless", and halas हलस् + an-antarAs अनन्तरास् means uninterrupted consonants — consonants that have nothing else in between.