nAdhamunigaL – KOYIL

rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi – 20

February 25, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << previous (uRu perum selvamum) pAsuram 20 Introduction (given by maNavALa mAmunigaL) emperumAnAr who has lovingly kept and enjoying nAthamunigaL in his divine mind is my highest aim, says amudhanAr. Introduction (given by piLLailOkam jIyar) nammAzhvAr who is the chief of the beautiful … 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

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