March 25, 2020

Learn periyAzhwAr thirumozhi (பெரியாழ்வார் திருமொழி) – 5th Centum

March 25, 2020 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Author – periyAzhwAr (பெரியாழ்வார்) Santhai class schedule, joining details, full audio recordings (classes, simple explanations (speeches) etc) can be seen at http://pillai.koyil.org/index.php/2017/11/learners-series/ . Full Series (periyAzhwAr thriumozhi) Santhai (Learning) classes (ஸந்தை வகுப்புகள்) Part 1 – 4.10 to 5.1 periyAzhwAr thirumozhi santhai-step 1 of 4 periyAzhwAr … 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