Ayana

Powerful is the ayana, more powerful than the sultan or the consul.

Radha herself does not marry Ayana the cowherd—his wedding being only with her shadow.

Because Brahma came from the “waters”, and they were his first home or path (ayana), he is called Narayana.

It could not be her father, Klitonda, the brave chief of the Ayana.

"Let the chief of the Ayana put aside his axe," the Chilcat responded.