February 18, 2018

thiruvAimozhi – 6.6 – mAlukku

February 18, 2018 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series >> Sixth Centum << Previous decad Audio Highlights from thirukkurukaippirAn piLLAn‘s introduction See nampiLLai’s introduction. Highlights from nanjIyar‘s introduction See nampiLLai’s introduction. Highlights from vAdhi kEsari azhagiya maNavALa jIyar‘s introduction In the sixth decad – AzhwAr having become attached to emperumAn through his … Read more

iraNdAm thiruvandhAdhi – 98 – koNdu vaLarkka

February 18, 2018 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr enjoys the activities of the one who blessed him with his grace. He says that if one were to look at the way emperumAn, who controls all the worlds, blends freely with a lowly samsAri such as himself, this … 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