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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 – 11

December 14, 2015 by raghuram

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous (kArththikaiyil rOgiNi nAL) pAsuram 11 manniya seer mArgazhiyil kEttai inRu mAnilaththeer en idhanukku ERRam enil uraikkEn – thunnu pugazh mAmaRaiyOn thoNdaradippodi AzhvAr piRappAl nAnmaRaiyOr koNdAdum nAL. 11 Listen Word by word meaning mAnilaththeer – Oh who are in this big world! … Read more

rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi – 13

November 2, 2015 by raghuram

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << previous (idam koNda kIrththi) pAsuram 13 Introduction (given by maNavALa mAmunigaL) (amudhanAr) says that our prApyam (destiny) is the divine feet of emperumAnAr who does not have affinity toward anything other than the divine feet of thoNdaradippodi AzhvAr. Introduction (given by piLLai … 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