Divya Prabandha Glossary – Dictionary

mudhal Ayiram	irandAm Ayiram	iyarpA	nAngAm Ayiram

thiruppallANdu	periya thirumozhi	mudhal thiruvandhAdhi	thiruvAimozhi
periyAzhwAr thirumozhi		irandam thiruvandhadhi
thiruppAvai		mUnRAm thiruvandhAdhi
nAchiyAr thirumozhi		nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi
perumAL thirumozhi		thiruviruththam
thiruchchandhaviruththam		thiruvAsiriyam
thirumAlai		periya thiruvandhAdhi
thiruppaLLiyezhuchchi		thiruvezhukURRirukkai
amalanAdhippirAn		siriya thirumadal
kaNNinuN chiRuth thAmbu		periya thirumadal

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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