March 2, 2021

thiruviruththam – 66 – uNNAdhu uRangAdhu

March 2, 2021 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous avathArikai (Introduction) This pAsuram also reveals the words spoken by the nAyakan who is engaged with the beauty of the nAyaki’s eyes. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: uNNAdhu uRangAdhu uNarvuRum eththanai yOgiyarkkum eNNAy miLirum iyalvinavAm eri nIr vaLi … Read more

periya thirumozhi – 1.4 – EnamunAgi

March 2, 2021 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> First Centum << Previous decad There are two divine abodes here – SrI badhari and badharIkASramam; among those, bhagavAn’s presence here is similar to that of a nursing mother who consumes medicine to cure the disease of her toddler. emperumAn, as nara … 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