March 14, 2015

2015 – Mar – Week 3

March 14, 2015 by sarathy

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: yathirAjanAthavalli thAyAr (not in picture), Adhi kEsava perumAL with nAchiyArs, ANdAL, emperumAnAr – srIperumbUthUr on last Friday before panguni uthram mAmunigaL – srIperumbUthUr on thirumUlam 21st – srIperumbUthUr, dhivya prabandham updates srIperumbUthUr – panguni amAvAsyai (yesterday) – http://sriperumbuthur.blogspot.com/2015/03/march-2015-week-3.html dhivya prabandham – … 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