August 27, 2019

thiruvAimozhi – 9.8.1 – aRukkum vinai

August 27, 2019 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series >> Ninth Centum >> Eighth decad Introduction for this pAsuram Highlights from thirukkurukaippirAn piLLAn‘s introduction No specific introduction. Highlights from nanjIyar‘s introduction In the first pAsuram, AzhwAr says “Is there any means for me to reach thirunAvAy?” Highlights from vAdhi kEsari azhagiya maNavALa … Read more

periya thirumadal – 22 – ponniyal kaRpagaththin

August 27, 2019 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous ponniyal kaRpagaththin kAduduththa mAdellAmmanniya mandhAram pUththa madhuththivalai 24innisai vaNdamarum sOlaivAy mAlai sErmanniya mAmayil pOl kUndhal mazhaiththadangaN 25minnidaiyArOdum viLaiyAdi vENdidaththu Word by word meaning pon iyal kaRpagaththin kAdu uduththa – surrounded by a forest of golden hued kaRpaga trees (wish-fulfilling, celestial tree)mAdu … 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