June 3, 2023 – KOYIL

perumAL thirumozhi – 1.5 – iNaiyillA innisai yAzh

June 3, 2023 by tnkrishnan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: perumAL thirumozhi >> 1st Decad << Previous avathArikai (Introduction)AzhwAr is longing to worship emperumAn with his head, in this pAsuram. iNaiyillA innisai yAzh kezhumi inbath thumburuvum nAradhanum iRainji EththathuNaiyillAth thonmaRai nUl thOththiraththAl thonmalarkkaN ayan vaNangi OvAdhEththamaNimAda mALigaigaL malgu selva madhiL arangaththaravaNaiyil paLLi koLLummaNivaNNan ammAnaik … 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