November 2, 2015

thiruppallANdu 7 – thIyil poliginRa

November 2, 2015 by sarathy

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous pAsuram Introduction for this pAsuram Here, kaivalyArththis (those who are focussed on self-enjoyment) who were invited by AzhwAr, arrive highlighting their qualities and AzhwAr associates with them. AzhwAr, when invited them, requested them to come giving up their boundaries (varambozhi vanthu ollaik … Read more

rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi – 13

November 2, 2015 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << previous (idam koNda kIrththi) pAsuram 13 Introduction (given by maNavALa mAmunigaL) (amudhanAr) says that our prApyam (destiny) is the divine feet of emperumAnAr who does not have affinity toward anything other than the divine feet of thoNdaradippodi AzhvAr. Introduction (given by piLLai … 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