kulasekara – KOYIL

upadhESa raththina mAlai – 31

January 2, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (eNNarum seerp poygai munnOr) pAsuram 31 thoNdaradip podiyAr thOnRiya Ur thol pugazh sEr maNdangudi enbar maNNulagil – eN thisaiyum Eththum kulasEkaran Ur ena uraippar vAyththa thiruvanchikkaLam 31 Listen Word by word meaning maNNulagil – In the earth, thOnRiya Ur – the … Read more

upadhEsa raththina mAlai – 13

December 15, 2015 by raghuram

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (thaiyil magam inRu) pAsuram 13 mAsip punarpUsam kANmin inRu maNNulagIr thEsu iththivasaththukku Edhennil – pEuginREn kolli nagark kOn kulasEkaran piRappAl nallavargaL koNdAdum nAL 13 Listen Word by word meaning maNNulagIr – Oh residents of this earth! kANmin – Realize that inRu … 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