maran – KOYIL

rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi – 46

August 19, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << previous (pEROnRu maRRillai) Introduction (given by maNavALa mAmunigaL) amudhanAr is thinking about emperumAnAr’s help, he loses himself to that, and is falling at his divine feet. Introduction (given by piLLailOkam jIyar) As said in the previous pAsuram, emperumAnAr who possess all the … Read more

upadhESa raththina mAlai – 44

January 15, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (nampiLLai thammudaiya) pAsuram 44 theLLiyadhA nampiLLai cheppu neRi thannai vaLLal vadakkuth thiruveedhip – piLLai indha nAdu aRiya mARan maRaip poruLai nangu uraiththadhu eedu muppaththARayiram. 44 pAsuram 44 Word by word meaning theLLiyadhu A – With clarity (what) nampiLLai cheppum – divined … Read more

upadhESa raththina mAlai – 41

January 12, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (mundhuRavE piLLAn) pAsuram 41 theLLArum gyAnath thirukkurugaip pirAn piLLAn ethirAsar pEraruLAl – uLLArum anbudanE mARan maRaip poruLai anRu uraiththadhu inbamigum ARAyiram. 41 Listen Word by word meaning thirukkurugaip pirAn piLLAn, theL Arum – (who is having) full clarity in gyAnam – … Read more

upadhESa raththina mAlai – 32

January 3, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (thoNdaradippodiyAr) pAsuram 32 mannu thirumazhisai mAdath thiruk kurugUr minnu pugazh villipuththUr mEdhiniyil – nanneRiyOr Eyndha paththi sArar ezhil mARan pattar pirAn vAyndhu udhiththa UrgaL vagai 32 Listen Word by word meaning mEdhiniyil – In the world nal neRiyOr – those in … 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