April 24, 2016

rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi – 21

April 24, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << previous (Arap pozhil) Introduction (given by maNavALa mAmunigaL) emperumAnAr who has reached the goal of divine feet of ALavandhAr, is protecting me. So, I would not go in front of the houses of lowly people, and would not praise them about their … Read more

SrIvaikuNta gadhyam 5th chUrNai

April 24, 2016 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) With the love born out of experiencing bhagavAn, the jIvAthmA, now feeling extremely happy, will always have dharSan (having bhagavAn as his focus) without interest in any other thing. thathaScha anubhUyamAna bhAvaviSEsha: nirathiSaya prIthyA anyath kinchith karththum dhrashtum smarthum … 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