August 31, 2023

perumAL thirumozhi – 9.3 – kollaNai vEl

August 31, 2023 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: perumAL thirumozhi >> 9th Decad << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) He laments in this pAsuram “Did you, who are used to sleeping on soft mattresses, learn to sleep on hard rocks in the forests?” kollaNai mEl vari nedungaN kausalai than kula madhalAy! kuni villEndhummallaNaindha varaiththOLA! … Read more

periya thirumozhi – 5.4.10 – alli mAdhar

August 31, 2023 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> Fifth centum >> Fourth decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram alli mAdhar amarum thirumArvan arangaththai kallin mannu madhiL mangaiyar kOn kalikanRi sol nallisai mAlaigaL nAliraNdum iraNdum udan vallavar thAm ulagANdu pin vAnulagu ALvarE Word-by-Word meanings alli – having … 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