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upadhESa raththina mAlai – 46

January 17, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (anbOdu) pAsuram 46 periyavAchchAn piLLai pinbuLLavaikkum theriya viyakkiyaigaL seyvAL – ariya aruLichcheyal poruLai Ariyargatku ippOdhu aruLichcheyalAyththu aRindhu. 46 Word by word meaning periyavAchchAn piLLai seyvAl – Since periyavAchchAn piLLai authored viyAkkiyaigaL – vyAkyAnams (commentary explanation of meanings) pinbuLLavaikkum – for other … Read more

upadhESa raththina mAlai – 39

January 10, 2016 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (emperumAnAr tharisanam) pAsuram 39 piLLAn nanjIyar periyavAchchAn piLLai theLLAr vadakkuth thiruveedhip piLLai maNavALa yOgi thiruvAimozhiyaik kAththa guNavALar enRu nenjE kURu. 39 pAsuram 39 Word by word meaning nenjE – Oh mind, kURu – you shall say, thatn piLLAn – thirukkurugaip pirAn … 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