Substitution of "Na" for "Ra" in paasurams

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Respected Bhagavathas,

 

Pls accept adiyen's namaskarams.

 

Adiyen has some query abt the way some bhagavathas recite paasurams,

especially the way they substitute "na" for "Ra" in tamil.

 

For example, as in:

 

"Payananraagilum Paangalaraagilum Seyal Nannaaga (NanRaga?) thiruthi pani

kolvaan

Kuyil ninraar pozhil soozh kurugoor nambi Muyalginen (Muyalginren?) avan

meikazharkanbaye..."

 

Whats the significance of this substitution?. If that is just a slang or

mere tradition that came out of practice.

 

Perhaps you learned scholars could correct me but Adiyen feels that it is

very important to recite mantras and paasurams without changing the

pronounciation, mainly because not only that the meaning might change but

also the very "sound" changes, upon which mantras and paasurams are built.

 

Regards and Thank you very much,

 

Adiyen dasan,

 

Sathyanarayana Ramanujadasan

 

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Sathya.Kaliyamoorthy

Doctoral Candidate

Bio-robotics lab http://biorobots.cwru.edu/

Dept of Mechanical Engg

Case Western Reserve Univ. http://www.cwru.edu

Cleveland, OHIO

USA

 

 

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