May 2, 2020 – KOYIL

thiruppAvai – Simple Explanation

May 2, 2020 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: mudhalAyiram SrI maNavALa mAmunigaL reveals very beautifully, the greatness of ANdAL in the 22nd pAsuram of upadhEsa raththinamAlai: inRO thiruvAdippUram emakkAga anRO ingu ANdAL avadhariththAL – kunRAdha vAzhvAna vaigundha vAn bOgam thannai igazhndhu AzhwAr thirumagaLArAy Is today thiruvAdippUram (the star pUram in the month of … Read more

siRiya thirumadal – 64 – OrAnai kombu

May 2, 2020 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous OrAnai kombosiththu OrAnai kOL viduththa 75 sIrAnai sengaN nediyAnaith thEn thuzhAyth thArAnai thAmaraipOl kaNNAnai eNNarum sIrp 76 pErAyiramum pidhaRRip perum theruvE Word by Word Meanings Or Anai kombu osiththu Or Anai … 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