August 15, 2016

thiruvAimozhi – 3.4 – Audio

August 15, 2016 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: thiruvAimozhi –> thiruvAimozhi 3rd centum Previous Decad Meanings Full Rendering pAsuram 1 pAsuram 2 pAsuram 3 pAsuram 4 pAsuram 5 pAsuram 6 pAsuram 7 pAsuram 8 pAsuram 9 pAsuram 10 pAsuram 11 archived in https://divyaprabandham.koyil.org pramEyam (goal) – https://koyil.org pramANam (scriptures) – http://granthams.koyil.org pramAthA (preceptors) … Read more

thirumAlai – 5 – peNdirAl sugangaL uyppAn

August 15, 2016 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr was disgusted with the samsAris for being caught in repeated births by focussing on lowly pleasures and not bothering about the supreme emperumAn even though he is waiting to help samsAris. vyAkhyAthA (commentator) creates an … 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