Yay! I have a name now. My parents have decided to name me “Avyaya” or “AvyayaRukmini” for religious purposes.
Avyaya / अव्यया / அவ்யயா - ”Imperishable” in Sanskrit / संस्कृत
Inspiration for the name came from Vishnu Sahasranam’s third stanza which goes such:
पूतात्मा परमात्मा च मुक्तानाम परमा गतिः|
अव्ययः पुरुष साक्षी क्षेत्रग्नोक्षारा एव च ||
pūtātmā paramātmā ca muktānāṁ paramā gatiḥ |
avyayaḥ puruṣaḥ sākṣī kṣetrajñōkṣara eva ca || 2 ||
The religious name AvyayaRukmini / अव्ययरुक्मिनी comes from Sandhi / संधि of Avyaya with Rukmini, my father’s maternal grandmother or my great grandmother, who my father believes was a lady worth emulating. From what I hear, it’s going to be tough to stand up to be her namesake.
