September 26, 2022

periya thirumozhi – 3.7.4 – Edhu avan

September 26, 2022 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> Third centum >> Seventh decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram Edhu avan thol piRappu? iLaiyavan vaLaiyUdhi mannar thUdhuvanAy avanUr solluvIrgaL! solleer aRiyEn mAdhavan than thuNaiyA nadandhAL thadam sUzh puRavil pOdhu vaNdAdu semmal punalAli puguvarkolO? Word-by-Word meanings avan … 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