March 1, 2021

thiruviruththam – 65 – kaRRuppiNai

March 1, 2021 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous avathArikai (Introduction) The nAyakan, caught in the glance of nAyaki, narrates how her eyes harmed him. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: kaRRuppiNai malarkkaNNin kulam venRu OrOkarumam uRRuppayinRu seviyodusAvi ulagamellAm muRRum vizhungi umizhndha pirAnAr thiruvadikkIzh uRRumuRAdhum miLirndha kaNNAy emmai … Read more

periya thirumozhi – 1.3.10 – vaNdu thaNdEn

March 1, 2021 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> First centum >> Third decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram vaNdu thaN thEn uNdu vAzhum vadhari nedumAlaik kaNdal vEli mangai vEndhan kaliyan oli mAlai koNdu thoNdar pAdi Adak kUdidil nIL visumbil aNdam allAl maRRavarkku OrAtchi aRiyOmE Word-by-Word … 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