September 11, 2017

mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – 92 – vAnAgith thIyAy

September 11, 2017 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series < Previous avathArikai The earlier pAsuram mentioned about emperumAn protecting his followers. In this pAsuram, it is mentioned that even though emperumAn has attained everything, he still considers those materials which have been touched by his followers as the ones sustaining him. In … Read more

thiruvAsiriyam – 3 – kuRippil koNdu

September 11, 2017 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous avathArikai In the first pAsuram AzhwAr describes and celebrates emperumAn’s saundharyam (bodily beauty); and in the second pAsuram he says that the devotion towards emperumAn (which emerges from these auspicious qualities of Him) is so sweet , since this can be enjoyed … 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