October 1, 2016

2016 – October – Week 2

October 1, 2016 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: 8th (purattAsi thirumUlam) – SrIperumbUthUr, SrIvillipuththUr, dhivya prabandham updates SrIperumbUthUr – purattAsi kEttai – navarAthri day 6, vEdhAnthAchAryar thiruvavathAra uthsavam day 6 (yesterday) – http://sriperumbuthur.blogspot.com/2016/10/october-2016-week-1.html . SrIvillipuththUr – purattAsi brahmOthsavam – day 4 (day before yesterday) – http://srivilliputhur.koyil.org/?p=554 , navarAthri day … 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