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upadhESa raththina mAlai – 55

January 26, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (munnam kuravOr mozhindha) pAsuram 55 Ar vachana bhUdaNaththin Azh poruL ellAm aRivAr Ar adhu sonnEril anuttippAr – Ororuvar uNdAgil aththanai kAN uLLamE ellArkkum aNdAdhadhu anRO adhu. 55 Listen Word by word meaning uLLamE – Oh the mind! aRivAr – those who … Read more

upadhESa raththina mAlai – 36

January 7, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (AzhvArgaLaiyum aruLichcheyalgaLaiyum) pAsuram 36 theruLuRRa AzhvArgaL seermai aRivArAr aruLichcheyalai aRivArAr – aruL peRRa nAthamuni mudhalAm nam thEsikarai allAl pEthai manamE uNdO pEsu. 36 Listen Word by word meaning aRivAr Ar – Who knows seermai – the greatness of AzhvArgaL – AzhvArs … Read more

upadhEsa raththina mAlai – 20

December 22, 2015 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (kOdhilavAm AzhvArgaL) pAsuram 20 uNdO thiruppallANdukku oppadhOr kalai thAn uNdO periyAzhvArkku oppu uruvar – thaN thamizh nUl seydhu aruLum AzhvArgaL thammil avar sey kalaiyil paidhal nenjE nee uNarndhu pAr 20 Listen Word by word meaning uNdO – Is there oppadhu – … 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