Sanskrit Transliteration Guide Sanskrit Transliteration Guide
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Given below the list of commonly used vowels (10) and consonants (31).
a like “a” in “Roman” U like “u” in “rule”
A like “a” in “far”
i like “i” in “pin”
I like “ea” in “peak”
u like “u” in “pull”
k like “k” in “sky”
kh k with strong expulsion of breath
g like “g” in “go”
gh g with strong expulsion of breath
ch like the second “ch” in “church”
cch c with strong expulsion of breath
j like “j” in “jam”
jh j with a strong expulsion of breath
T like “t” in “stop” with tongue curled further backward
Th T with strong expulsion of breath
D like “dd” in “odd” with tongue curled further backward
Dh D with strong expulsion of breath
N like “n” in “land” with tongue curled further backward
t T with tongue starting just behind and touching upper teeth
th t with strong expulsion of breath
d D with tongue starting just behind and touching upper teeth
dh d with a strong expulsion of breath
n like “n” in “no” with tongue starting just behind and touching upper teeth
E like “ey” in “they” (without the off-glide)
ai like “ai” in “aisle”
O like “o” in “note”
ou like “ow” in “now”
p like “p” in “spin”
ph p with strong expulsion of breath
b like “b” in “ban”
bh b with strong expulsion of breath
m like “m” in “man”
y like “y” in “yes”
r like “r” in “drama”
l like “l” in “lion”
v or w like “w” in “we”
S like “sh” in “shall”
sh approach the roof of the palatal dome
with tip of the tongue and expel breath
s like “ss” “lesson”
h like “h” in “hope”
Baby Compositions
AtmA rAma (kAnaDa)
atmarama audio
Language: Sanskrit
Tala: Adi (8) Raga: kAnaDa
AtmA rAma Ananda ramaNa
achyuta kESava hari nArAyaNa
bhava bhaya haraNa vandita charaNa
raghu kula bhUshaNa rAjIva lOchana
Adi nArAyaNa ananta Sayana
sacchidAnanda satya nArAyaNa
gaNESa SaraNam (hamsadhvani)
Language: Sanskrit
Tala: Adi (8)
Raga: hamsadhvani (S R2 G2 P N2 S’ – S’ N2 P
G2 R2 S) gaNESa SaraNam SaraNam
gaNESa gaNESa SaraNam SaraNam
gaNESa gaNESa SaraNam SaraNam
gaNESa gaNESa SaraNam SaraNam
gaNESa mUshika vAhana SaraNam
gaNESa mOdaka hasta SaraNam
gaNESa gaNESa SaraNam SaraNam
gaNESa gaNESa SaraNam
SaraNam gaNESa
gAyiyE (mOhana)
gayiye ganapati
Language: Hindi
Tala: Adi (8)
Raga: mOhana (S R2 G2 P D2 S’ – S’ D2 P G2 R2 S)
gAyiyE gaNapati jaga vandana
Sankara suvana bhavAni nandana
siddhi sadana gaja vadana vinAyaka
kripA sindhu sundara sabha lAyaka
hE muraLI mAdhava
Language: Hindi
hE muraLI mAdhava rAdhE krishNa kESava
kESava mAdhava yAdava nandana rAdhE krishNa jai gOpAl
nanda nandana rAdhE SyAm indu vadana mEgha SyAm
kALiya nartana rAdhE SyAm kamsa niSUdana mEgha SyAm
pAnDuranga rAdhE SyAm panDari nAtha mEgha SyAm
bhakta vatsala rAdhE SyAm bAla gOpAla mEgha SyAm
jai ambE
Language: Sanskrit
jai ambE jagadambE
mAtA bhavAni jai ambE
durgathi nAshini durgA jai jai
kALa vinAshini kALI jai jai
umA ramA brahmANI jai jai
rAdhA rukmini sEthA jai jai
subrahmaNyam subrahmaNyam (SankarAbharaNam)
Language: Sanskrit
Tala: Adi (8)
Raga: SankarAbharaNam (S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S’ – S’ N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S)
subrahmaNyam subrahmaNyam shanmukhanAtha subrahmaNyam
Siva Siva Siva Siva subrahmaNyam hara hara hara hara subrahmaNyam
hara hara hara hara subrahmaNyam Siva Siva Siva Siva subrahmaNyam
Siva Siva hara hara subrahmaNyam hara hara Siva Siva subrahmaNyam
hara hara Siva Siva subrahmaNyam Siva Siva hara hara subrahmaNyam
Siva SaravaNabhava subrahmaNyam hara SaravaNabhava subrahmaNyam
hara SaravaNabhava subrahmaNyam Siva SaravaNabhava subrahmaNyam
SyAmalE mInAkshI (SankarAbharaNam)
shyamale meenakshi
Language: Sanskrit
Tala: Adi (8)
Raga: SankarAbharaNam (S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S’ – S’ N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S)
SyAmalE mInAkshI sundarESvara sAkshi
Sankari guruguha samudbhavvE SivEvA
pAmara mOchani pankaja lOchni
padmAsana vAsini hari lakshmI vinutE SAmbhavi
vara vINA mrdu pANI (mOhana)
vara veena
Language: Sanskrit
Tala: rUpaka (6)
Raga: mOhana (S R2 G2 P D2 S’ – S’ D2 P G2 R2 S)
vara vINA mrdu pANI vanaruha lOchana rANI
suruchira bambara vENI suranuta kaLyANI
nirupama Subhaguna lOlA niratajayA pradaSIlA
varadApriya ranganAyaki vAnchita phala dAyaki
sarasijAsana jananI jaya jaya jaya jaya SIlA
vara leela gAna lOla (SankarAbharaNam)
varaleela ganalola
Language: Sanskrit
Composer: Tyagaraja
Raga: SankarAbharaNam (S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S’ – S’ N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S)
| -G M | P -P | D -D | P -P | -S R | G -G | G R G | M -M | G M G |(* GRG insteadof GMG)
| R -G | R S R | G -R | S N,S | R -R | G R G | M -M | P -M | G -S | R -N, |S –|
|-vara | leela | gAna | lOla | -sura | pAla | suguNa | jAla | bharita |
| neela | gaLa hri|dAla|ya Sruti |mUla | sukaru|NAla |vAla | pAla|yA su|mAm|
gaNapati mantra in hamsadhvani rAga (S R2 G2 P N2 S’)
1. S — S S S S S — S S S S
gang —ga Na pa ti gang —ga Na pa ti
S –S S S S S — S S S S
gang —ga Na pa ti gang —ga Na pa ti
2. R –S S S S N, –S S S S
gang —ga Na pa ti gang —ga Na pa ti
R –SS S S N, –S S S S
gang —ga Na pa ti gang —ga Na pa ti
3. R –R R R R R –R R R R
gang —ga Na pa ti gang —ga Na pa ti
S –S S S S N, –S S S S
gang —ga Na pa ti gang —ga Na pa ti
4. G –G G G G R –R R R R
gang —ga Na pa ti gang —ga Na pa ti
S –S S S S N, –S S S S
gang —ga Na pa ti gang —ga Na pa ti
5. G –P P P P R –G G G G
gang —ga Na pa ti gang —ga Na pa ti
S –R R R R N, –S S S S
gang —ga Na pa ti gang —ga Na pa ti
6. SR SR SR SR RG RG RG RG
gan-gangaNa pa ti gan-ganga Na pa ti
SR SR SR SR N,S N,S N,S N,S
gan-ganga Na pa ti gan-ganga Na pa ti
7. GP GP GP GP RG RG RG RG
gan-ganga Na pa ti gan-ganga Na pa ti
SR SR SR SR N,S N,S N,S N,S
gan-ganga Na pa ti gan-ganga Na pa ti
8. R –S S S S N, –S S S S
gang —ga Na pa ti gang —ga Na pa ti
R –S S S S N, –S S S S
gang —ga Na pa ti gang —ga Na pa ti
Rhythmic Compositions (svarapallavis)
Sankara Siva Sankara
shankara shivashankara
Tala: Adi
Raga: SankarAbharaNam (S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S’)
pallavi:
[S’ –ND -] [P M] [G –RS -] [SS] [San –ka ra -] [Si va][San –ka ra -] [Si va]
[S’ –ND -] [P M] [G –RS —] [San –ka ra -] [Si va][San –ka ra —]
1: [S R G M P D N S’] [S’ N D P M G R S] [S R G M P D N S’] [S’ N D P M G R S]
2: [S R G -] [S R G-] [S R G M] [G R S -] [S R G -] [S R G-] [S R G M] [G R S -]
3: [R G M-] [R G M-] [R G M P] [M G R -] [R G M-][R G M -] [R G M P] [M G R -]
4: [G M P -] [G M P -] [G M P D] [P M G -] [G M P -] [G M P -] [G M P D] [P M G -]
5: [M P D -] [M P D -] [M P D N] [D P M -] [M P D -] [M P D -] [M P D N] [D P M -]
6: [P D N -] [P D N -] [P D N S’] [N D P -] [P D N -] [P D N -] [P D N S’] [N D P -]
Folk Songs
kAkE kAkE (Malayalam)
- kAkE kAkE koodevidE
- koottinakathoru kunjundO
- kunjinu theetta kodukkAm njAn
- kunju kidannu karanjIdum
kunjE kunjE nE tharumO
ninnute kayyile neyyappam
kAkE kAkE tharilla njAn ennute kayyile neyyappam
njAnoru veeran urumbA (Malayalam)
njAnoru veeran urumbA
ennE nAttAr vilikkum kurumbA
veedoru pAda varambA
ente kayyil muzhuvan kurumbA
mAdu mEkkum kaNNE nEE pOka vEndAm sonnEn
mAdu mEkkum kaNNE nEE pOka vEndAm sonnEn
kAchEna pAlu tharEn
kalkanda chEni tharEn
kayyanile venna tharEn
veyyallile pOka vendAm
kAccina pAlum vENDAm
kalkaNDu cIni vENDam
ullAsamAi mADu meittu oru noDiyil tirumbi varEn
pOgha vENum tAyE taDai sollAdE nIyE
1: yamunA nadikkaraiyil eppozhudum kaLvar bhayam
kaLvar vandu unai aDittAl kalangiDuvAi kaNmaNiyE
2: kaLLanukkOr kaLLan uNDO kaNDaduNDO sollum ammE
kaLvar vandu ennai aDittAl kaNDa tuNDam sheidiDuvAi
3: gOvardhana giriyil ghOramAna mrgangaL uNDu
karaDi puliyai kaNDAl kalangiDuvAi kaNmaNiyE
Achyutham Kesavam
Achyutham Kesavam Rama-Narayanam
Krishna-Damodaram Vasudevam Harim;
Shreedharam Madhavam Gopikavallabham
Janakee-Nayakam Ramachandram Bhaje
Achyutham Keshavam Satyabhamadhavam
Madhavam Shreedharam Radhikaradhakam;
Indiramandiram Chetasa Sundaram
Devakee-Nandanam Nandajam Sandadhe
Govinda Krishna Jai Gopala Krishna
Krishna Jai Krishna Jai Krishna Jai Krishna Krishna Krishna Krishna Jai [ Govinda … ]
Gopi Kamala Haari Pyaari Maayi Meera Man Vihari Madana Mohana Muralidhari Krishna Jai
Krishna Jai Rama Krishna Jai Radha Krishna Jai Bala Krishna Krishna Krishna Krishna Jai
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