April 24, 2017

rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi – 105

April 24, 2017 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << previous (kaiyil kaniyenna) Introduction (given by maNavALa mAmunigaL) Whereas everyone has determined with finality that samsAram is to be shunned and paramapadham is to be wished for, and only that paramapdham is the place to be in, you are considering paramapadham and … Read more

thiruvAimozhi – 4.9 – Audio

April 24, 2017 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: thiruvAimozhi –> thiruvAimozhi 4th 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

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