February 14, 2016

thiruvAimozhi – 2.3.3 – aRiyAk kAlaththuLLE

February 14, 2016 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series >> Second Centum >> Third decad Previous pAsuram Introduction for this pAsuram Highlights from thirukkurukaippirAn piLLAn‘s introduction No specific introduction. Highlights from nanjIyar‘s introduction In the third pAsuram – emperumAn asks “What favour did I do to you?” and AzhwAr says “though I … Read more

rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi – 18

February 14, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << previous (muniyAr thuyarangaL mundhilum) pAsuram 18 Introduction (given by maNavALa mAmunigaL) emperumAnAr who helps us to know about the qualities of madhurakavi AzhvAr who is having the state of keeping nammAzhvAr in his divine mind, such emperumAnAr is my help, says amudhanAr. … Read more

upadhESa raththina mAlai – 74 (and conclusion)

February 14, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (indha upadhESa raththina mAlai thannai) pAsuram 74 – divined by erumbiappA (disciple of maNavALa mAmunigaL) mannuyirgAL ingE maNavALa mAmunivan ponnadiyAm senkamalap pOdhukaLai – unnich chiraththAlE theeNdil amAnavanum nammaik karaththAlE theeNdal kadan. 74 Listen Word by word meaning uyirgAL – Oh chEthanas … 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