April 21, 2016

SrIvaikuNta gadhyam 3rd chUrNai part 4

April 21, 2016 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous In this final part of 3rd chUrNai, we shall see how the jIvAthmA approaches bhagavAn and submits himself unto him. kadhAham bhagavantham nArAyaNam, mama kula nAtham, mama kula dhaivatham, mama kula dhanam, mama bhOgyam, mama mAtharam, mama pitharam, mama sarvam, sAkshAthkaravANi … Read more

thiruvAimozhi – 2.6.9 – endhAy

April 21, 2016 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series >> Second Centum >> Sixth decad Previous pAsuram Introduction for this pAsuram Highlights from thirukkurukaippirAn piLLAn‘s introduction No specific introduction. Highlights from nanjIyar‘s introduction In the ninth pAsuram – AzhwAr says to emperumAn “After attracting me by showing your qualities and activities, and … 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