माया

See also: मायी

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit माया (māyā́).

Noun

माया • (māyā) f (Urdu spelling مایا‏)

1. illusion, deceit, delusion (caused by magic or supernatural powers)

   यह संसार माया है।

   This world is an illusion.

2. maya, divine power

   ईश्वर की माया अनन्त है।

   The divine power of God is infinite.

Related terms

• मायी (māyī)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884), “माया”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• māyā (Latin script)
• মাযা (Bengali script)
• මායා (Sinhalese script)
• မာယာ (Burmese script)
• มายา (Thai script)
• ᨾᩣᨿᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• មាយា (Khmer script)

Noun

माया f

1. fraud
2. deceit
3. magic
4. jugglery

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From √म (ma, “measure, magic, binding, fettering...”)

Noun

माया • (māyā́) f

1. art, wisdom, extraordinary or supernatural power (only in the earlier language)
2. illusion, unreality, deception, fraud, trick, sorcery, witchcraft magic
   • raghuvaṃśa 2.62

     मया मायां उद्भाव्या परीक्षितः असि

     mayā māyāṃ udbhāvyā parīkṣitaḥ asi

     I have examined you by creating an illusion

3. an unreal or illusory image, phantom, apparition
4. duplicity (with Buddhists one of the 24 minor evil passions)
5. (philosophy) Illusion (identified in the Sāṃkhya with प्रकृति (prakṛti) or प्रधान (pradhāna) and in that system, as well as in the Vedānta, regarded as the source of the visible universe)
6. (Shaivism) one of the 4 pāśas or snares which entangle the soul
7. (Vaishnavism) one of the 9 shaktis or energies of Vishnu
8. Illusion personified (sometimes identified with Durgā, sometimes regarded as a daughter of Anṛta and Nirṛti or Nikṛti and mother of Mṛtyu, or as a daughter of Adharma)
9. compassion, sympathy
10. Operculina turpethum ( <= Convolvulus turpethum)
11. name of the mother of Gautama Buddha
12. name of Lakshmi
13. name of a city
14. name of two metres
15. (in the dual) (māye indrasya) name of 2 sāmans

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of माया
Nom. sg.	माया (māyā)
Gen. sg.	मायायाः (māyāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	माया (māyā)	माये (māye)	मायाः (māyāḥ)
Vocative	माये (māye)	माये (māye)	मायाः (māyāḥ)
Accusative	मायाम् (māyām)	माये (māye)	मायाः (māyāḥ)
Instrumental	मायया (māyayā)	मायाभ्याम् (māyābhyām)	मायाभिः (māyābhiḥ)
Dative	मायायै (māyāyai)	मायाभ्याम् (māyābhyām)	मायाभ्यः (māyābhyaḥ)
Ablative	मायायाः (māyāyāḥ)	मायाभ्याम् (māyābhyām)	मायाभ्यः (māyābhyaḥ)
Genitive	मायायाः (māyāyāḥ)	माययोः (māyayoḥ)	मायानाम् (māyānām)
Locative	मायायाम् (māyāyām)	माययोः (māyayoḥ)	मायासु (māyāsu)

References

• 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 771,811