माया
See also: मायी
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
माया • (māyā) f (Urdu spelling مایا)
- illusion, deceit
- (Hinduism) maya, the veil on reality
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यह संसार माया है। ― yah sansār māyā hai. ― This world is an illusion.
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- (Hinduism) maya, divine power
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ईश्वर की माया अनंत है। ― īśvar kī māyā anant hai. ― The divine power of God is infinite.
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Declension[edit]
Declension of माया | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Direct | माया (māyā) | मायाएँ (māyāẽ) |
Oblique | माया (māyā) | मायाओं (māyāon) |
Vocative | माया (māyā) | मायाओ (māyāo) |
Related terms[edit]
- मायी (māyī)
References[edit]
- Platts, John T. (1884), “माया”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
Pali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative forms
Noun[edit]
माया f
Sanskrit[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From √म (ma, “measure, magic, binding, fettering”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
माया • (māyā́) f
- (Vedic) art, wisdom, inhuman or supernatural power
- (Vedic, Classical Sanskrit) illusion, deception, trickery, demonic magic
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Kālīdāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 2.62
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मया मायां उद्भाव्या परीक्षितः असि
- mayā māyāṃ udbhāvyā parīkṣitaḥ asi
- I have examined you by creating an illusion
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- an unreal or illusory image, phantom, apparition
- (Buddhism) duplicity, one of the 24 minor evil passions
- (philosophy) illusion
- (Shaivism) one of the 4 pāśas (“snares”) which entangle the soul
- (Vaishnavism) one of the 9 shaktis (“energies”) of Vishnu
- compassion, sympathy
- Operculina turpethum (Convolvulus turpethum)
- (poetry) name of two poetic meters
Declension[edit]
Feminine ā-stem declension of माया (māyā́) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | माया māyā́ |
माये māyé |
मायाः māyā́ḥ |
Vocative | माये mā́ye |
माये mā́ye |
मायाः mā́yāḥ |
Accusative | मायाम् māyā́m |
माये māyé |
मायाः māyā́ḥ |
Instrumental | मायया / माया¹ māyáyā / māyā́¹ |
मायाभ्याम् māyā́bhyām |
मायाभिः māyā́bhiḥ |
Dative | मायायै māyā́yai |
मायाभ्याम् māyā́bhyām |
मायाभ्यः māyā́bhyaḥ |
Ablative | मायायाः māyā́yāḥ |
मायाभ्याम् māyā́bhyām |
मायाभ्यः māyā́bhyaḥ |
Genitive | मायायाः māyā́yāḥ |
माययोः māyáyoḥ |
मायानाम् māyā́nām |
Locative | मायायाम् māyā́yām |
माययोः māyáyoḥ |
मायासु māyā́su |
Notes |
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Proper noun[edit]
माया • (māyā́) f
- The name of several goddesses (Illusion personified, Lakshmi)
- A female given name, equivalent to English Maya (famously held by the mother of the Buddha)
- A city.
- (poetry, in the dual, māye indrasya) name of 2 sāmans
Declension[edit]
Feminine ā-stem declension of माया (māyā́) | |||
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Singular | |||
Nominative | माया māyā́ |
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Vocative | माये mā́ye |
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Accusative | मायाम् māyā́m |
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Instrumental | मायया / माया¹ māyáyā / māyā́¹ |
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Dative | मायायै māyā́yai |
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Ablative | मायायाः māyā́yāḥ |
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Genitive | मायायाः māyā́yāḥ |
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Locative | मायायाम् māyā́yām |
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Notes |
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References[edit]
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 811/1-2
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