iraNdAm Ayiram – Second 1000

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

This is the second 1000 pAsurams. This contains a collection of pAsurams sung by thirumangai AzhwAr.

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