māyā माया – creative power; illusion

Original text · English · substantive feminine

māyā́ ·f. art, supernatural or wonderful power, wile, trick, deceit, sorcery, illusion, phantom, unreality (ph.); °-- being only in appearance, a feigned or phantom --(cf. seq.).

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

māyā māyā. See under māya, p. 771.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

māyā f. (u. māya) auch Bez. der Silbe hrīm SARVAD. 171,6 nach COWELL. [Nachtrag, Band 6]

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

māyā V. 6. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Original text · English · substantive feminine

māyā [mā-yaḥ bā˚ netvam] 1 Deceit, fraud, trick, trickery; a device, an artifice; Pt. 1. 359. 2 Jugglery, witchcraft, enchantment, an illusion of magic; svapno nu māyā nu matibhramo nu Ś. 6. 9. 3 (Hence) An unreal or illusory image, a phantom, illusion, unreal apparition; māyāṃ mayodbhāvya parīkṣito'si R. 2. 62; vikṛtiḥ kinnu bhavediyaṃ nu māyā Ki. 13. 4, R. 12. 74; oft. as the first member of comp. in the sense of ‘false’, ‘phantom’, ‘illusory’; e. g. māyāvacanaṃ false words; māyāmṛga &c. 4 A political trick or artifice, diplomatic feat. 5 (In Vedānta phil.) Unreality, the ([Page 0861-b]) illusion by virtue of which one considers the unreal universe as really existent and as distinct from the Supreme Spirit. 6 (In Sān. phil.) The Pradhāna or Prakṛti. 7 Wickedness. 8 Pity, compassion. 9 N. of the mother of Buddha. 10 Ved. Extraordinary power, wisdom (prajñā). 11 (With Śaivas) One of the four snares (pāśa) which entangle the soul. 12 N. of the city Gayā. 13 N. of Lakṣmī. Comp. — ācara a. acting deceitfully. — ātmaka a. false, illusory. — upajīvin a. living by fraud; Pt. 1. 288. — kāraḥ, -kṛt, -jīvin m. a conjurer, juggler. — caṇa a. 1 noted for juggling. 2 deceptive. — daḥ a crocodile. — devī N. of the mother of Buddha. ˚sutaḥ Buddha. — dhara a. deceitful, illusive. — paṭu a. skilled in deception, fraudulent, deceitful. — prayogaḥ 1 deceitfulness, employment of tricks or fraud; Pt. 1. 190. 2 employment of magic. — phalaṃ a gall nut. — mṛgaḥ a phantom deer, an illusory or false deer. — yaṃtraṃ an enchantment. — yogaḥ employment of magic. — yodhin a. fighting deceitfully. — vacanaṃ false or deceitful words. — vādaḥ the doctrine of illusion, (a term applied to Buddhism). — vid a. skilled in deception or magical arts. — sutaḥ an epithet of Buddha.