sampradhAya pravarthaka AchAryas

Divya Dampati

November 3, 2025 by Sarathy Thothathri

śrīḥ śrīmate śatakopāya namaḥ śrīmate rāmānujāya namaḥ śrīmad varavaramunaye namaḥ śrī vānācala mahāmunaye namaḥ Gurú paramparai En el artículo anterior (https://acharyas.koyil.org/index.php/2025/10/19/introduction-contd-spanish/) hablamos brevemente sobre nuestro gurú paramparai. Ahora, comenzaremos con la sucesión discipular de Ācāryas conocida como el Ōrāṇvaḻi Ācārya paramparai. Ōrāṇvaḻi significa transmisión de conocimientos de una persona a otra de una manera jerárquica. … 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