emperumAnAr dharisanam: Simple Guide to SrIvaishNavam

SrI:
SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:
SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:
SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:

We have lots of reference material in multiple languages. Here is a quick listing of some of those which may be useful:

General Links

http://koyil.org/?page_id=1205 - SrIvaishNava websites portal
http://acharyas.koyil.org – guru paramparai portal – links to AzhwArs/AchAryas life history in multiple languages (English, hindi, kannadam, malayALam, telugu, thamizh)
http://divyaprabandham.koyil.org - dhivya prabandham portal - translations in multiple languages
http://pillai.koyil.org/ - SrIvaishNava Education/Kids portal
http://githa.koyil.org - bhagavath gIthA and related articles
http://srivaishNavagranthams.wordpress.com- a portal with sampradhAyam related articles in multiple languages (English, hindi, telugu, thamizh)
http://ponnadi.blogspot.in- many articles related to our sampradhAyam in English

Specific Links

Important concepts
- Reader’s guide - https://srivaishnavagranthams.wordpress.com/readers-guide/
- Full List of pUrvAchArya literature - https://srivaishnavagranthams.wordpress.com/purvacharya-literature/
- rahasya thrayam (3 secrets) - http://ponnadi.blogspot.in/2015/12/rahasya-thrayam.html
- artha panchakam (5 essential concepts) - http://ponnadi.blogspot.in/2015/12/artha-panchakam.html
- thathva thrayam (3 entities) - http://ponnadi.blogspot.in/p/thathva-thrayam.html
- virOdhi parihArangaL (removal of obstacles) - http://ponnadi.blogspot.in/p/virodhi-pariharangal.html
- Glories and Importance of SrI rAmAnuja - http://ponnadi.blogspot.in/p/charamopaya-nirnayam.html
- Full dependence on AchArya - http://ponnadi.blogspot.in/p/anthimopaya-nishtai.html
- SrIvaishNava lakshaNam - http://ponnadi.blogspot.in/p/srivaishnava-lakshanam.html

Practical guides
- Day-to-day activities - http://ponnadi.blogspot.in/p/anushtanam.html
- thiruvArAdhanam
- anadhyayana kAlam and adhyayana uthsavam
- SrIvaishNava uthsavams - http://koyil.org/index.php/srivaishnava-uthsavams/

With this, the series comes to an end. We welcome your feedback, questions and suggestions. Please send your feedback to sarathy.thothathri@gmail.com. We also take this opportunity to thank many swamys (in particular T N krishNan swamy, rAgavan swamy, raghurAm swamy and SrIvEnkatESa swamy) who have actively proof-read this series of articles, gave suggestions, etc., without which this series would not be as complete as it is now.

SrImathE ramyajAmAthru munIndhrAya mahAthmanE |
SrIrangavAsinE bhUyAth nithyaSrIr nithya mangaLam ||

adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan

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pramEyam (goal) – http://koyil.org
pramANam (scriptures) – http://srivaishnavagranthams.wordpress.com
pramAthA (preceptors) – https://guruparamparai.wordpress.com
SrIvaishNava Education/Kids Portal – http://pillai.koyil.org

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. "ee" is also used at times, when the word contains both "l" and "I" as in the case of lIlA - it will be written as leelA (to avoid confusion)
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

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