February 10, 2018

thiruvAimozhi – 6.5.7 – annaimIr

February 10, 2018 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series >> Sixth Centum >> Fifth decad Previous pAsuram Introduction for this pAsuram Highlights from thirukkurukaippirAn piLLAn‘s introduction No specific introduction. Highlights from nanjIyar‘s introduction In the seventh pAsuram, parAnguSa nAyaki‘s friend says “His symbols and divine names became more glorious after having been … Read more

iraNdAm thiruvandhAdhi – 93 – kadidhu kodunaragam

February 10, 2018 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr tells us that before we attain hell we should worship emperumAn who has unlimited sweetness and who removes our enemies. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: kadidhu kodunaragam piRkAlum seygai kodidhenRadhu kUdA munnam vadisangam koNdAnaik kUndhal … 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