thathva thrayam – Page 5

thathva thrayam – chith – Who am I?

July 30, 2024March 6, 2013 by Sarathy Thothathri

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: This article can be viewed as a presentation by clicking https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10BxoIyZJnpfN4HWRjNaiqkWqa7WvWYc55rmp0kxVfM4/present#slide=id.p. Understanding the chith (Athma) thathvam through the teachings of the wise men Introduction Everyone is curious to understand the true nature of the soul, matter and God. Across many civilizations, the quest to … 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

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