October 1, 2021

periya thirumozhi – 2.5.2 – pUNdavaththam

October 1, 2021 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> Second centum >> Fifth decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram pUNdavaththam piRarkkadaindhu thoNdu pattup poynUlai meynUl enRu enRum Odhi mANdu avaththam pOgAdhE vammin endhai en vaNangappaduvAnai kaNangaL Eththum nINdavaththaik karumugilai emmAn thannai ninRavUr niththilaththaith thoththAr sOlaik kANdavaththaik kanal … 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