Editing Grantha script (section)

===Consonant clusters===
Grantha has two ways of representing consonant clusters. Sometimes, consonants in a cluster may form ligatures.

{|class="wikitable letters-teal"
|+ Consonant cluster ligatures
|- class=letters-lo
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌕𑍍𑌷|iso=kṣa}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌕𑍍𑌤|iso=kta}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌙𑍍𑌗|iso=ṅga}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌜𑍍𑌞|iso=jña}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌞𑍍𑌚|iso=ñca}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌞𑍍𑌜|iso=ñja}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌤𑍍𑌥|iso=ttha}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌤𑍍𑌰|iso=tra}}
|-
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌤𑍍𑌵|iso=tva}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌦𑍍𑌧|iso=ddha}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌦𑍍𑌵|iso=dva}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌨𑍍𑌤|iso=nta}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵|iso=ntva}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌨𑍍𑌥|iso=ntha}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌨𑍍𑌦|iso=nda}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌨𑍍𑌧|iso=ndha}}
|-
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌨𑍍𑌨|iso=nna}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌨𑍍𑌨𑍍|iso=nn}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌨𑍍𑌵|iso=nva}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌶𑍍𑌚|iso=śca}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌶𑍍𑌰|iso=śra}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌷𑍍𑌟|iso=ṣṭa}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌹𑍍𑌮|iso=hma}}
|}

Ligatures are normally preferred whenever they exist. If no ligatures exist, "stacked" forms of consonants are written, just as in Kannada and Telugu, with the lowest member of the stack being the only "live" consonant and the other members all being vowel-less. Note that ligatures may be used as members of stacks also.

{|class="wikitable letters-teal"
|+ Stacked consonants
|-class=letters-nadir
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌤𑍍𑌤|iso=tta}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵|iso=ttva}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌵|iso=kṣva}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌣|iso=kṣṇa}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌗𑍍𑌧𑍍𑌵|iso=gdhva}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵|iso=stva}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌸|iso=ntsa}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍍𑌨|iso=tsna}}
|}

====A few special cases====

*When {{angbr|{{Script|Gran|𑌯}}}}, ''ya'' is the final consonant in a cluster, it is written as a ya-phala {{angbr|{{Script|Gran|𑍍𑌯}}}}. 
*When a cluster contains a non-initial {{angbr|{{Script|Gran|𑌰}}}}, ''ra'', it becomes a ''ra-vattu'', {{angbr|{{Script|Gran|𑍍𑌰}}}}.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}
*When a cluster begins with a {{angbr|{{Script|Gran|𑌰}}}}, ''ra'', it becomes a ''reph'' and is shifted to the end of the cluster. 
*If a cluster contains both a ''reph'' and a ''ya-phala'', the ''ya-phala'' is written last.

{|class="wikitable letters-teal"
|+ Consonant clusters with {{angbr|{{Script|Gran|𑍍𑌯}}}}, {{angbr|{{Script|Gran|𑍍𑌰}}}}, and ''reph''.
|- class=letters-nadir
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌕𑍍𑌯|iso=kya}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌖𑍍𑌯|iso=khya}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌕𑍍𑌰|iso=kra}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍍𑌰|iso=ṅgra}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍍𑌰𑍍𑌯|iso=ṅgrya}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌦𑍍𑌧𑍍𑌯|iso=ddhya}}
|-
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌰𑍍𑌕|iso=rka}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌰𑍍𑌕𑍍𑌷|iso=rkṣa}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌰𑍍𑌣|iso=rṇa}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌰𑍍𑌮|iso=rma}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌰𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌧|iso=rddha}}
|{{letter|l=ta|s=Gran|ch=𑌰𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍍𑌯|iso=rdvya}}
|}