January 12, 2016

upadhESa raththina mAlai – 41

January 12, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (mundhuRavE piLLAn) pAsuram 41 theLLArum gyAnath thirukkurugaip pirAn piLLAn ethirAsar pEraruLAl – uLLArum anbudanE mARan maRaip poruLai anRu uraiththadhu inbamigum ARAyiram. 41 Listen Word by word meaning thirukkurugaip pirAn piLLAn, theL Arum – (who is having) full clarity in gyAnam – … Read more

thiruvAimozhi – 2.2.2 – EpAvam paramE

January 12, 2016 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series >> Second Centum >> Second decad Previous pAsuram Introduction for this pAsuram Highlights from thirukkurukaippirAn piLLAn‘s introduction No specific introduction. Highlights from nanjIyar‘s introduction No specific introduction. Highlights from vAdhi kEsari azhagiya maNavALa jIyar‘s introduction Subsequently, AzhwAr says krishNa is the cause for … 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