June 26, 2022

periya thirumozhi – 3.3.1 – vAda marudhidai

June 26, 2022 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> Third centum >> Third decad Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram vAda marudhidai pOgi mallaraik konRu okkaliththittu Adal nanmA udaiththu Ayar Aniraikku anRu idar thIrppAn kUdiya mAmazhai kAththa kUththan ena varuginRAn sEduyar pUmbozhil thillaich chiththira kUdaththu uLLAnE Word-by-Word meanings marudhidai … 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