I’m not Desi but I know enough that the original name was a WTF when the first set came out, and I’m glad they changed it. But I always wondered how the original name came about. Were WotC trolled from within? But apparently it’s from a sanskrit word for “tomorrow” or “art” that’s romanized similarly but pronounced differently:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/avishkar-why-we-changed-the-name-of-a-plane
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