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upadhESa raththina mAlai – 30

January 1, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (enthai ethirAsar) pAsuram 30 eNNarum seerp poigai munnOr ivvulagil thOnRiya Ur vaNmai migu kachchi mallai mAmayilai – maNNiyil neer thEngum kuRaiyalUr seerk kaliyan thOnRiya Ur Ongum uRaiyUr pANan Ur 30 Listen Word by word meaning seer – greatness eNNa arum – … Read more

upadhEsa raththina mAlai – 7

December 9, 2015 by raghuram

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (aippasiyil ONam) pAsuram 7 maRRuLLa AzhvArgaLukku munnE vandhu udhiththu naRRamizhAl nUl seidhu nAttai uyththa – peRRimaiyOr enRu mudhal AzhvArgaL ennum peyar ivarkku ninRadhu ulagaththE nighazhndhu 7 Listen Word by word meaning munnE – Before maRRuLLa AzhvArgaLukku – the other seven … 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