panar – KOYIL

upadhEsa raththina mAlai – 10

December 12, 2015 by raghuram

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (mARan paNiththa) pAsuram 10 kArththigaiyil rOhiNi nAL kANmin inRu kAsiniyIr vAyththa pugazhp pANar vandhu udhippAl – AththiyargaL anbudanE thAn amalanAdhipirAn kaRRadhar pin nangudanE koNdAdum nAL 10 Listen Word by word meaning pANar –thiruppANAzhvAr vayththa – having apt (porundhiya) pugazh – glory, … Read more

rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi – 11

October 20, 2015 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << previous (manniya pEr iruL) pAsuram 11 Introduction (given by maNavALa mAmunigaL) (amudhanAr) says that it is not possible for him to complete talking about the distinguished practicing (of sAsthra and sampradhAya) of those who have surrendered to emperumAnAr who holds in his … 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