Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

māyin मायिन् – wielder of Māyā

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

wielder of Māyā

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

māyín ·a. possessing magical powers, artful, wise, cunning, deceitful; m. magician, juggler; n. magic, magical art.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Māyin, ī, inī, i, possessing powers of illusion, having supernatural powers; illusory, unreal, decep- tive, subject to Māyā (said of the soul, cf. māyā); (ī), m. a conjurer, juggler, magician; a cheat, de- ceiver; epithet of Brahmā; of Śiva; of Agni; of Kāma; (i), n. magic, magical art [cf. dur-m˚]; a gall-nut.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

māyín (von māyā) 1〉 adj. gaṇa vrīhyādi zu P. 5,2,116. kunstreich, wunderkräftig; listig, Trug anwendend H. 377. HALĀY. 2,194. ṚV. 1,32,4. martya ṚV. 1,39,2. mṛga ṚV. 1,80,7. ni mā̱yinò mamire rū̱pamàsmin ṚV. 3,38,7. ṚV. 3,38,9. ṚV. 5,48,1. ṚV. 5,48,3. Soma ṚV. 7,82,3. ni mā̱yina̱stapùṣā ra̱kṣasò daha ṚV. 8,23,14. ṚV. 1,11,7. sa ci̱nnu tvajjanò mā̱yī bìbhāya AV. 5,11,4. die Marut AV. 5,58,2. die Aśvin AV. 6,63,5. Varuṇa AV. 6,48,14. AV. 7,28,4. AV. 10,99,10. Indra AV. 8,65,1. māyāṃ tu prakṛtiṃ vidyānmāyinaṃ tu maheśvaram ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 4,10. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 4,9. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 222,a,34. fg. Kṛṣṇa PAÑCAR. 4,1,28. — KUMĀRAS. 2,46. Spr. 1556, v. l. KIR. 1,30. KATHĀS. 71,149. PAÑCAR. 2,1,47. a˚ MBH. 3,1357. in der Gewalt der Māyā stehend: puruṣa (die Seele) BHĀG. P. 2,5,19. m. Gaukler, Taschenspieler, Zauberer KATHĀS. 38,62. nach ŚABDĀRTHAK._bei_WILSON Bein. von Brahman, Śiva, Agni und Kāma. n. Zauberhaftes, Zauberkunst: kathanīya˚ BHĀG. P. 3,13,47. kathanīyāni māyīni māyāvanti caritrāṇi yasya Schol. Statt māyināṃ caiva PAÑCAR. 1,12,7 ist wohl gāyanānāṃ ca (gāyanānāśca v. l.) zu lesen; māyisamo PADMA-P. 16,29 ist wohl auch verdorben. Vgl. durmāyin. — 2〉 n. Gallapfel RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. u. māyāphala; auch māyiphala n. ebend.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

māyín — 1〉 Adj. — a〉 kunstreich, wunderkräftig; listig, Trug anwendend. — b〉 in der Gewalt der Täuschung stehend. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Zauberer, Gaukler, Taschenspieler. — b〉 Bein. Brahmanʼs, Śivaʼs, Agniʼs und Kāmaʼs. — 3〉 n. — a〉 Zauberhaftes, Zauberkunst. — b〉 *Gallapfel RĀJAN. 6,262.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

māyin [māya-ini] See māyāvin. — m. 1 A conjurer. 2 A rogue, ([Page 0861-c]) cheat. 3 A deceitful or treacherous person; Ku. 2. 46. 4 N. of Brahman. 5 Of Kāma. 6 Of Agni. 7 Śiva. — n. Magic, magical art.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

māyín wunderkräftig, weise; zauberhaft, trügerisch. m. Zauberer; n. Zauberkunst.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

māyin a. (sfx. in) magique, qui fait illusion. — S. m. magicien, charlatan; Agni, Brahmā, Kāma, Śiva, etc. [qui ont une māyā].

Occurrences in source texts (2)

SVU 2 occurrences
SVU 4.6-4.10: Two Birds and Māyā 2 occurrences

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