March 12, 2020

thiruvAimozhi – 10.9.10 – vidhi vagai

September 19, 2024March 12, 2020 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series >> Tenth Centum >> Ninth decad Previous pAsuram Introduction for this pAsuram Highlights from thirukkurukaippirAn piLLAn‘s introduction No specific introduction. Highlights from nanjIyar‘s introduction In the tenth pAsuram, AzhwAr mercifully explains the way the nithasUris praise the SrIvaishNavas who went from samsAram to … Read more

siRiya thirumadal – 17 – sIrAr suLagil

March 12, 2020 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous sIrAr suLagil sila nel pidiththeRiyAvErA vidhirvidhirA mey silirAk kaimOvA 21 Word by Word Meanings sIr Ar suLagil sila nel pidiththu eRiyA – picking a few grains of paddy from a beautiful winnow and throwing them in the frontvErA – perspiringvidhir vidhirA … Read more

siRiya thirumadal – 16 – pArOr solappadum

March 12, 2020 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous pArOr solappadum kattuppaduththirEl 19ArAnum meyppaduvan enRAr – adhu kEttukkArAr kuzhaRkoNdai kattuvichchi kattERi 20 Word by Word Meanings pArOr solappadum kattuppaduththir El ArAnum meyppaduvan enRAr – they (old women) said “There is a practice called as fortune-telling [predicting as to what will … 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