March 15, 2023

periya thirumozhi – 4.4.10 – sIraNindha maNimAdam

March 15, 2023 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> Fourth centum >> Fourth decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram sIraNindha maNimAdam thigazhum nAngUrth thiruththetRiyambalaththu en sengaNmAlai kUraNindha vElvalavan Ali nAdan kodimAda mangaiyar kOn kuRaiyalALi pAraNindha thol pugazhAn kaliyan sonna pAmAlai ivai aindhum aindhum vallAr sIraNindha ulagaththu … Read more

periya thirumozhi – 4.4.9 – Ezhulagum

March 15, 2023 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> Fourth centum >> Fourth decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram Ezhulagum thAL varaiyum engum mUdi eNdhisaiyum maNdalamum maNdi aNdam mOzhai ezhundhu Azhi migum Uzhi veLLam munnagattil odukkiya em mUrththi kaNdIr UzhidhoRum UzhidhoRum uyarndha selvaththu Ongiya nAnmaRai anaiththum … 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