saptha kAdhai

saptha kAdhai – thaniyan (Invocation)

December 9, 2022 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series vAzhi nalam thigazh nAraNathAdhan aruL vAzhi avan amudha vAymozhigaL – vAzhiyavE ERu thiruvudaiyAn endhai ulagAriyan sol thERu thiruvudaiyAn sIr Long live the mercy of the noble nArAyaNa thAdhar (viLAnjOlaip piLLai)! Long live his nectarean words! Long live the qualities of his, who has … Read more

December 8, 2022 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Ar vachana bUdaNaththin Azh poruL ellAm aRivAr Ar adhu sol nEril anuttippAr – Or oruvar uNdAgil aththanai kAN uLLamE ellArkkum aNdAdhadhanRO adhu — upadhESa raththina mAlai 55 As maNavALa mAmunigaL explains in upadhEsa raththina mAlai, there are only a few who fully know and practice … 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