#ayana quotes

[ayanacooking]

“Suffering doesn’t last forever.”

[cadybear420]

Evie: When you become a famous composer, I'll be going to every single one of your concerts!

Aiden: Well since you're my girlfriend, I'll make sure you'll always get your tickets free. *he leans in close to her ear and lowers his voice with a devious smile on his face* With free backstage passes too~ *winks*

Evie: *gasp* Aiden! *she looks absolutely scandalized but is also grinning*

[idontknowwhattocallthisanymore]

Sage: What do we say when we feel like this?

Sun: F in the chat boys

Scarlet: Add to cart

Sky: My illness may be chronic but my tits are iconic

Cardin: RIP

Dove: More espresso less depresso

Neptune: That’s show biz baby

Russel: It be like that sometimes

Sage:

Sage: No

[incorrectarsenalfcquotes]

[Emile is babysitting Granit's kids]

Emile: Whatever you do, DON'T tell your dad, okay?

Ayana: Okay.

[later on]

Granit: How was your day at the park?

Ayana, loudly: Emile definitely didn’t get into a fight with a goose.

[blackinperiodfilms]

I try to find the beauty in things. On dark days I sit in my armchair looking at clouds and I am awed at how rain is made.

Ayana Mathis, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

[darksaiyangoku]

RWBY: Battle of the Minds

Sage: I seem to have injured my shoulder would my mind?

Adam: ...be my pleasure. *takes lighter* Once we've concluded our business here, it's improtant you know, I shall endeavour define the most creative of endings for the doctor *turns on lighter* and his wife.

Sage: *smokes pipe* (His advantage, my injury. My advantage, his rage. Incoming assault, feral but experienced. Use his momentum to counter)

Adam: *smirks* (Come now. You really think you're the only one who can play this game? Trap arm, target weakness. Follow with haymaker.)

Sage: (Ah, there we find the boxing champion of Mistral)

Adam: (Competent, but predictable. Now allow me to reply)

Sage: (Arsenal running dry. Adjust strategy)

Adam: (Wound taking its toll)

Sage: (As I feared, injury makes defence untennable. Prognosis: increasingly negative)

Adam: (Let's not waste anymore of one another's time. We both know how this ends) *nods head and smirks*

Sage: *chuckles* (Conclusion, inevitable... unless) *blows embers at Adam*

Adam: Agh!

Sage: *grabs Adam*

Neptune: *opens door*

Sage: *closes eyes and lunges himself and Adam off the balcony*

[bobauthorman]

Team SSSN fighting Grimm

Scarlet: You take the ugly one!

Sage: No, you take the ugly one!

Sun: I’ll take the ugly one!

Neptune: Which one’s the ugly one?

[phylliswaterbury]

weiss voice: "Icarus fying too close to the sun, but it seems Daedalus our little mastercrafter over here, had some wax wings of his own, didn't he?"

anyways they interact in this fic and weiss is so funny

[thebunnyremix]

Neptune: Sage...it just kills me to see you get all worked up like this.

Sage: [with a dull expression, talking in monotone] I know. I'm totally out of control.

[litandlifequotes]

Maybe we only have a finite amount of love to give. We're born with our portion, and if we love and are not loved enough in return, it's depleted.

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis

[razreads]

Sometimes, though, you can’t lead with your heart. You have to think with your head.

Ayana Gray, Beasts of Prey

[ayanacooking]

Take your time.

[cadybear420]

Evie: Hey Aiden, what's your favorite food?

Aiden: Muscles

Evie: Mussels, huh? I never cared much for shellfish myself, but--

Aiden: No, not that kind. I mean this kind~

*Aiden grabs a hold of Evie's taut biceps and squeezes them while giving her a seductive look*

Evie: O///U///O

[mirrorworld12]

Sometimes we all become gushing wounds in the hearts of people we love and if it is not the ugliest part of love that we think is so predictable turns into a maze where no matter how much we run we don't find a way out then what it is ?

Is it the letters burnt in a bin or throwing away all the things that remind you of people ? Typical as said by many others.

So many quotes , jokes, paragraphs and books and none of us feels the same like other but still we hang on the words said by others and built a home out of words with our own way to love and when things wrong we keep looking for the answers in the ruins of words written by someone else for someone else and the way they loved.

Somedays we are the golden light that shines through people , but how much is it worth to have that , to hold someone , to know someone as if they are part of you ?

Ayana

[blessed1neha]

why is Lord Vishnu called Naaraayna?

संज्ञायाम् पूर्वपदात् रषाभ्याम् नः णः, अगः ।-Ashtaadhyaayi, Adhyaaya 8, Paada 4, Sutra 3Explanation: For a ‘samjna’ (proper noun), made by a combination of two words, the ‘r’ and ‘sh’ sounds present in the first word, convert the ‘na’ (न​) in the second word to ‘na’ (ण​). The letter ‘ga’ (ग​) must also be absent in between.The Sutraartha (explanation of the Sutras) reads as follows:The name ‘Naaraayana’ is a unique and important name of Bhagavaan Vishnu. Like His other names, it has multiple meanings for being applicable to Him. Svaami Vijayeendra Teertha Shripaadagalu has even written a book, Naaraayana Shabdaartha Nirvachana, with over 70 meanings of the name ‘Naaraayana’!

The primary meaning of ‘Naaraayana’ is “He whose abode is water,” as explained in the other answers.

आपो नारा इति प्रोाक्ता आपो वै नरसूनवः । अयनं तस्य ताः पूर्वं तेान नारायणः ॥

The waters are called Naaraa, as they are the offspring of Naaraa and earlier, they were His first ayana (abode). Thus, He is known as 'Naaraayana'.

-Vishnu Puraana, Khanda 1, Adhyaaya 4, Shloka 6

This meaning is the most important, since it follows Rshi Paanini’s Ashtaadhyaayi Sutras (Adhyaaya 8, Paada 4, Sutra 3) and makes the name ‘Naaraayana’ specific to Shri Vishnu alone. This shloka from the Vishnu Puraana is in perfect accordance with the qualification of a ‘samjna’ (name specific to a particular entity)

Only Shri Vishnu can be called ‘Naaraayana’, as per the Shaastras. There are multiple evidences for the same and this has been accepted by all Vedaantis.

The word ‘Naaraayana’ is a ‘Yaugika artha’ (combination of multiple words) and a Yaugika artha, which is a ‘samjna’, is an entity-specific proper noun. In other words, it refers to a specific entity or person alone and no one else.

Here, Shri Bhatta Bhaaskara, a Shaiva, says that the Sutra talks about entity-specific proper nouns. He mentions the same in his commentary to the Naaraayana Sukta, too. He also explains that the name ‘Shurpanakhaa’ is a samjna and specific to Raavana’s sister alone and not anyone else with sharp nails.

The name ‘Naaraayana’, is a combination of two words — naara (water) and ayana (abode). The first word contains the letter ‘ra’ and the second word contains the letter ‘na’. During combination, the ‘na’ in ‘ayana’ turns into ‘ण’. This is also supported by the Vishnu Puraana:

आपो नारा इति प्रोाक्ता आपो वै नरसूनवः । अयनं तस्य ताः पूर्वं तेान नारायणः ॥

The waters are called Naaraa, as they are the offspring of Naaraa and earlier, they were His first ayana (abode). Thus, He is known as 'Naaraayana'.

-Vishnu Puraana, Khanda 1, Adhyaaya 4, Shloka 6

Coming to Shaastra pramaanas, Shripaada Madhvacharya, in his Brahma Sutra Bhaashya, Adhyaaya 1, Paada 3, Sutra 3, quotes the following pramaanas:

वामनेा च​ ‘न तु नारायणादीनां नाम्नामन्यत्र सम्भवः । अन्यनाम्नां गतिर्विष्णुरेक प्रकीर्तितः’ इति ॥

“But the names, (such as) Naaraayana, cannot denote anyone other than Vishnu, while Vishnu is that single one, whom the names of all others primarily denote,” thus (is said) in the Vaamana Puraana.

स्कान्देा च​ ‘ऋतेा नारायणादीनि नामानि नामानि पुरुषोात्तमः । प्रादादन्यत्र भगवान् राजेावर्तेा स्वकं पुरम्’ इति ॥

“Purushottama has given other individuals his own names, except ‘Naaraayana’, just as a king confers various parts of his kingdom on other people, except his own city,” thus (is said) in the Skanda Puraana.

Svaami Vedaanta Deshika too, explains the same in his work, known as ‘’Tattvamuktaakalaapaha” (3.5):

निस्साधारण्य​-नारायण​-पद​-विषये निश्चयं यान्त्य्-अबाधे सद्-ब्रह्म्-आद्यास्-समान​-प्रकरण​- पठिताश् शङ्कितान्यर्थ शब्दाः। अन्तर्यन्ता च नारायण इति कथितः; कारणं चान्तर्-आत्मेत्य् अस्माद्-अप्य्-ऐक कण्ठ्यम् भवति निरुपधिस् तत्र शम्भ्वादि शब्दाः॥

In his commentary, he says this:

सद्-शब्दस्तावत् सत्तायोगिषु सर्वेषु प्रवृत्ततया न विशेष निर्धारणार्हः । ब्रह्मशब्दः एकरूढोऽपि बहुषु रूढवत् प्रयुक्ततया अन्यार्थत्व शङ्कार्हः स्यात् । आत्मशब्दस्च जीव​-पराधि-साधारण​-प्रयोगः । एवं पुरुष​-प्राण्-आक्षर​-शब्दा अपि ।

नारायणशब्दस्तु न जात्युपाधिवचनः, न वाऽनेकरूढः । अतस्तेन अन्येषाम् विषय​-विशेषण​-निर्धारणम् युक्तम् । तत्र च हेतुः समान​-प्रकरण​-पठिटत्वम् । अन्यथा पश्वधिकरणादेरपि भङ्गस्स्यात् ।

Here, he says that:

The word Sad (Sat) cannot connote a specific entity as it is used to refer to the ordinary jagat by the Sarvajagatsattaavaadins.

The word Brahman although has a commonly understood single sense, it is applied in reference to multiple entities commonly. Therefore it cannot be used in a unique manner as it can cause confusion.

The word Aatman is used normally in many senses to refer to the jeeva as well as the Paramaatma.

Similarly, words like Purusha, Praana, Akshara also are incapable of denoting a unique entity.

Unlike these, the word ‘Naaraayana’ is neither used a descriptor of categories (jaati) nor attributes (upaadhi).

Nor is it commonly/popularly used to refer to many different entities.

Therefore it is proper (not ambiguous) for it to have a object-attribute relationship with other words (other words are the attributes).

This is because of it (the word Naaraayana) being used identically (as the other words like Sat, Brahman, etc.) in the same context (where the other word appears).

Otherwise Chaaga-Pashu-Nyaaya and other rules would be violated.

Chaaga-Pashu Nyaaya is a rule of Purva-Meemaamsa, according to which, if there are two statements:

A: Sacrifice a goat B: Sacrifice an animal

When two similar statements are found, the general term in statement B (animal) must be replaced with the more specific term from statement A (goat). Hence, statement B also means, “sacrifice a goat”. Similarly, when the Shaastras say:

Naaraayana is Param Brahma, one without a second. (Naaraayana Upanishad, Khandas 2 and 4)

Naaraayana alone existed in the beginning. (Maha Upanishad, Mantra 1)

Rudra is Brahman, one without a second. (Shvetaashvatara Upanishad, Adhyaaya 3, Mantra 2; also in the Taittireeya Samhita, Kanda 1, Prapaathaka 8, Mantra 6)

Sat alone existed in the beginning, one without a second. (Chhaandogya Upanishad, Prapaathaka 6, Khanda 2, Mantra 1)

It implies that even the Chhaandogya Upanishad, Taittireeya Samhita and Shvetaashvatara Upanishad are referring to Shri Vishnu Himself.

Hence, beyond doubt, the name ‘Naaraayana’ is specific to Shri Vishnu alone. One can refer to the below post, where I have also debunked many allegations regarding the name Naaraayana being attributed to other devatas.

Coming to other meanings, the name Naaraayana also means:

The goal of all jeevas

The source of attributes contrasting blemish (meaning 1 in Naaraayana Shabdaartha Nirvachanam; similar to meaning 3)

The source of complete satisfaction (meaning 4)

He who is never ignorant (meaning 5)

He who is devoid of sorrow and the four types of annihilation, namely death, sorrow, hunger and old age (meanings 6 and 7)

The abode of faultless wisdom and bliss (meaning 8; similar to meaning 9)

He who is never comprehended or served by rogues (meanings 10 and 11)

The knowledge of whom yields all purushaarthas and leads to moksha (meaning 14)

The refuge of the flawless Lakshmi Devi (meaning 17)

The path of virtue of Lakshmi Devi (meaning 19)

He who provides pleasure to Lakshmi Devi (meaning 20)

He who is omnipresent, eternal and bestows the corresponding ability to Lakshmi Devi (meaning 21)

He whose abode are the liberated jeevas (meaning 22)

[cult-of-wolves]

Welcome to The Cult of Wolves 🐺🩸✨

TOP ROW: Velvela, Rylee & Kai

BOTTOM ROW: Mariposa, Ozzie & Santiago

Character Designs created in @perisceris picrew✨

The Cult of Wolves is a surreal horror story about the occult city of Flagstaff, Arizona (wait…) Plutovia Peaks! Rumors say city residents have been trapped there since the 80s (but no one can prove that …). Lord Bo Graves is warmly inviting you to visit and have an opportunity to truly connect with something spiritual.

Don’t worry, the six person Cult of Wolves agency should protect you. The wolf-deity possessed team has no choice if they want to get out.

These cast of characters will journey through different spiritual realms, discover what it means to be human, and will question the holy iconic figure known as God!

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About The Author 🐾

Hi! My name is Ayana aka the dog father aka @celestial-werewolf.

I’ve been working on this story since 2022. I was inspired by: @valdevia’s moth cult piece apart of their Megalomorphia series! and a quote by Guillermo Del Toro, “Monsters are the patron saints of imperfection. There is beauty and humility in imperfection.”

The Cult of Wolves story has truly morphed into another beast since its inception. I have a big love for animals so of course, I’m integrating magical animals of Norse mythology :)

In this story, characters question the purpose of humanity. It’s something I always wondered as a child…

At 24-years-old, i find myself slowly falling in love with the complexities of humanity and I want to express my love towards everything that life has to offer with this story ♥️

I truly love my characters and I hope you love them too :,)

p.s. thanks for reading ^.^