October 13, 2017

thiruvAimozhi – 6.1.4 – idaril bOgam

October 13, 2017 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series >> Sixth Centum >> First decad Previous pAsuram Introduction for this pAsuram Highlights from thirukkurukaippirAn piLLAn‘s introduction No specific introduction. Highlights from nanjIyar‘s introduction In the fourth pAsuram, parAnguSa nAyaki tells some swans “Tell emperumAn who is mercifully residing in thiruvaNvaNdUr that here is a … Read more

iraNdAm thiruvandhAdhi – 13 – thodar eduththa

October 13, 2017 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai Could only those with authority attain emperumAn? Could only dhEvas, with limitations, attain him and should others lose out being unable to attain him? AzhwAr says that there is no such compulsion. Even an animal, with a lowly birth and … Read more

thirunedunthANdakam – 6 – Part 2

October 13, 2017 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << previous – 5 – oNmidhiyil punaluruvi << pAsurm 6 – Part 1 (Part 2) thirukkOvalUr temple (photo courtesy wikipedia) thAn ugandha Ur – (amarar vEndhan thAn ugandha Ur) (angu aruL illAth thanmaiyALan thAn ugandha Ur) – (thirukkOvalUr is the) place where unsurpassed … 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