May 8, 2022 – KOYIL

periya thirumozhi – 2.10.5 – kaRai vaLar

May 8, 2022 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> Second centum >> Tenth decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram kaRai vaLar vEl karan mudhalAk kavandhan vAli kaNai onRinAl madiya ilangai thannuL piRai eyiRRu vAL arakkar sEnai ellAm perundhagaiyOdu udan thuNiththa pemmAn thannai maRai vaLarap pugazh vaLara mAdandhORum … Read more

periya thirumozhi – 2.10.4 – thAngarum pOr

May 8, 2022 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> Second centum >> Tenth decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram thAngarum pOr mAli padap paRavai Urndhu tharAdhalaththOr kuRai mudiththa thanmaiyAnai Angu arumbik kaNNIr sOrndhu anbu kUrum adiyavargatku Aramudham AnAn thannai kOngarumbusura punnai kuravAr sOlaik kuzhAvari vaNdu isai pAdum … 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