#ambika

[sumilane]

AmbessaVika x ocs Halloween♥︎

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बन्धूककांचननिभम् रुचिराक्षमालाम् पाशांकुशौ च वरदा निजबगहुदंडै:। बिभ्राणमिन्दुशकलाभरणं त्रिनेत्रम् अर्धाम्बिकेशमनिशम् वपुराश्रयामि ।। bandhūkakāñcananibham rucira_akṣamālām pāśa_aṅkuśau ca varadāṃ nijabāhudaṇḍaiḥ। bibhrāṇaminduśakala_ābharaṇaṃ tri-netram ardhāmbikeśam aniśam vapur āśrayāmi।। I take refuge day and night in Ambikā whose half body is the three-eyed Śiva adorned with the radiant half-moon. Her color is gold and red like the bandhūka flower. In her (four) hands are seen a beautiful rudrākṣa rosary, a rope, a hook, and the mudrā of boon giving.

An Ambika on Navami based on her description in the Devi Mahatyam. (Source)

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[sambhavami]

Women in Mahabharata - Parishrami

She starts out as a maid of Ambika, who either comes from Kashi as part of the dowries, or is a local girl who is sold into the royal household after the sisters' marriage. Her name, Parishrami, is most probably something that she has earned over years of hard work. Her real name lies forgotten.

When Ambika is asked to face Vyasa for a second time for another niyoga process, she refuses and decks up Parishrami in her clothes and jewellery in an effort to trick Vyasa, and escape the ordeal.

Parishrami however is not as afraid as the princesses. She has probably seen much worse than just an un-bathed rishi. She therefore greets Vyasa with respect, offering him food and water, and the two of them spend most of the night simply talking.

It is abundantly clear to Vyasa, that this woman is not Ambika, but he does not raise a fuss. Vyasa most probably, in the early years of his life, has lived either with Satyavati, or with a family of an equal economic standing, before he was old enough to live with his father full-time. This allows him too, to be more free with this lady, who drinks in every word he speaks, now fascinated with his knowledge and demeanour [who knows, maybe the poet sang for her a few early chapters of the Mahabharata itself?].

To a young Vyasa, his first experiences of intimacy has been arguably quite jarring [due to no fault of the princesses', but still I would consider Vyasa equally as much of a victim in this particular scenario]. Now, from Parishrami, he learns what a healthy [honestly] 'date' should look like.

Once morning comes, the first thing that Vyasa tells Satyavati is that this woman must be set free and then given a mansion and a pension, equal in standing to the princesses, and respect worthy of a daughter-in-law of the queen-mother Satyavati herself [it is in this mansion itself that Vidura continues living, and later moves Kunti in as well, and it also is the same place where Krishna stays the night when he comes to bargain for peace].

Vyasa declares her son Vidura, to be both legally and biologically his son, and not Vichitraveerya's.

Parishrami most probably later moves in with Vyasa, along with Satyavati and the Kashi's princesses when Vyasa comes to fetch them after Pandu's death [or maybe even before that, to take care of his ashram or something, but there's no textual indication of her future either way].

[amrass]

Red Desert 1/2 is up on Ao3

Fandom: Arcane

Rating: E

Pairings/characters: Ambessa Medarda/Sevika

Tags/warnings: Pre-canon, darkfic, politics, life or death situations, fighting, dubcon and noncon, blackmail sex

Summary: To save Zaun's future, a young Sevika tries to infiltrate House Medarda's vault in Piltover.

Excerpt after cut:

Sevika readies a syringe crafted by her, but filled with one of Singed's drugs, aiming for the back of the woman's neck.

Then the woman stills, before slowly looking straight ahead.

"I wouldn't do that, if I were you," she says, voice commanding the space, before she looks down again and keeps writing.

Sevika doesn't move.

"I'm assuming you're here for an attempt on my life. I'll have to dissuade you from that. Though I originally came here for a bit of peace, I do not mind a bit of war. A tiny, tiny bit of it, considering my presumptions about your fighting skills."

The scritch scratch of the pen on paper kept going as the woman speaks, leisurely, but not lightly.

"If you chose to kneel in front of my desk and beg forgiveness, I'll go easy on the punishment I see fit for you. Cut off a hand instead of an arm. Perhaps if you strip, and the sight brings me pleasure, I'll settle for a thumb."

"Fat fucking chance," Sevika says.

The woman turns her head to the side, but where Sevika had expected those red-painted lips to be tight in distaste at the foul word (sometimes she cursed Enforcers with the foulest words she knew to make them stumble and make them easier to punch), there was only a slow and wicked smile.

"Go on then, girl. Try to use that needle. See what happens."

Sevika's nostrils flare as she rises to the challenge. She pretends the syringe is a small knife to make the cutting motion quicker.

Before she even knows what's happened, the woman has struck the bend in her arm and elbowed her in the stomach.

[tamoscringecorner]

sorry I've been gone go long but please pick a fixation for a fic!!!

FunnyBunny (TADC Jax x Ponni)

ButtonBlossom(TDAC Pomni x Ragatha)

RoyalTeeth (TDAC Caine x Kinger)

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AMBIKA (Sevika x Ambessa)

Idk what its called- (Jayce, Mel, Viktor?)

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Fun gang trio!! (Susie, Kris, Ralsie)

Voting ended onOct 13, 2025

[the-danse-macabre]

Statue of the Hindu goddess Durga

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[theeejay]

Oora Therenjikitten Hits 90M Views

Oora Therenjikitten from Padikathavan (1985) becomes the first 80s Tamil music video to cross over 90 million views on YouTube. Superstar Rajinikanth and Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja created an everlasting magical song!

[hinducosmos]

Ambika as Gullikayi ji In front of Gommateshwara statue at the Jain temple of Sravanbelagola, Karnataka. (via Wikipedia)