June 12, 2018

thiruvAimozhi – 6.10 – ulagamuNda

June 12, 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 tenth decad – AzhwAr who called out out of his great … Read more

mUnrAm thiruvandhAdhi – 99 – thotta padai ettum

June 12, 2018 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says that it is only the divine feet of emperumAn, who removes the enemies of followers, which are to be attained for us. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: thotta padai ettum thOlAdha venRiyAn attapuyakaraththAn annAnRu … 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