ashta SlOkI – thaniyan

SrI:
SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:
SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:
SrImath varavaramunayE nama:

SrI parASara bhattArya SrIrangESa purOhitha:
SrIvathsAnga sutha: srImAn shrEyasE mEsthu bhUyasE

May SrI parASara bhatta, the priest to SrI ranganAtha and son of SrI SrivatsAnga (kUraththAzhwAn) full of divine wealth grant me good repute.

adiyEn satakOpa rAmAnuja dhAsan

Source: https://divyaprabandham.koyil.org/index.php/2016/01/ashta-sloki-tamil-thaniyan/

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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

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