Help: Definitions requested for the following terms

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Hare Krishna! As a newcomer to this list, it has become obvious that a

little fluency in Sanskrit and Tamil would enable one to better appreciate

some of the beautiful devotional postings that are routinely made here.

Therefore, as one who is ignorant of both Sanskrit and Tamil, I request some

kind devotee to please provide some English translations of the following

terms.

 

pAsuram

 

Emperumaan

 

parathvam

 

sowlabhyam

 

anubhavam

 

Embar

 

bhAgawathAL

 

ThirumEni

 

upanyaasam

 

AzhwAr (Alvaar?)

 

Also, I would appreciate if someone could help explain the transliteration

scheme used for many of the Tamil words on this list. For example, what is

the difference between "A" and "aa"? What do capital letter signify? What is

"E"? And so on and so forth.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

your servant,

 

-- Krishna Susarla