June 13, 2015

thiruvAimozhi – 1.3.1 – paththudai adiyavar

June 13, 2015 by sarathy

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series >> First Centum >> Third decad Introduction for this pAsuram Highlights from thirukkurukaippirAn piLLAn‘s introduction No specific introduction. Highlights from nanjIyar‘s introduction nammAzhwAr desirous to cite some examples for emperumAn‘s saulabhyam (simplicity), starts instructing based on krishNAvathAram but thinking about his act of stealing … Read more

Pronunciation Guide

A is used for “aa” sound – example: emperumAnAr, rAmAnuja

E is used for “yay” sound – example: EkAdhasi

I is used for “ee” sound – example: Iswara

O is used for “Oh” sound – example: Om

U is used for “oo” sound – example: Urdhva pundram

zh is used for very strong “l” sound – example: AzhwAr

L is used for strong “l” sound – example: muL (thorn)

N is used for strong “n” sound – example: nArAyaNa

R is used for strong "r" sound - example: puRappAdu (procession); its also used for "tr" sound in thamizh when there is double "R" - example: uRRAr (utRAr - relative)

d is used strong “d” sound – example: garuda

dh is used for meek “d” sound – example: gOvindha

t is used for strong “t” sound – example: ganta

th is used for meek “t” sound – example: vratham

sa, sha, ksha are typed as it is – examples: samskritham, shashti and kshamA

: is used for ha sound in samskritham words – examples: nama: to be said as namaha

Terminologies listing at Reader's Guide