Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

maya मय – consisting of; filled with

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · suffix · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective · substantive neuter · suffix

adjective

consisting of; filled with

substantive neuter

dung

suffix

suffix -maya: consisting of; filled with

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

maya ·f. ī1 made or consisting of (only --°); m. the Former, N. of an Asura.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

máya2 ·m. horse, f. mayī mare.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective

maya 1 . maya, as, ī, am (fr. rt. 3. mā, to form), used as an affix at the end of a comp. to express ‘made of, consisting of, full of,’ &c. (e. g. suvarṇa-maya, made of gold, golden; cf. kāṣṭha- m˚, jala-m˚, krodha-m˚, tejo-m˚; in later Sanskrit the fem. is sometimes, but rarely, in ā); (as), m., N. of an Asura (described sometimes as the artificer or architect of the Daityas, sometimes as versed in magic, astronomy, and military science); N. of an astronomer, (according to some Πτολεμαῖος); N. of an author; (ā), f. medical treatment, the practice of physic, administering remedies.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

maya 2 . maya, as, m. (perhaps fr. rt. 2. mā), a horse; a camel; a mule; (ī), f. a mare.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

maya 3 . maya, as, m. (fr. rt. 1. mī), hurting, injuring.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. maya (von mā bilden) 1〉 suff. in der Bed. daraus gebildet u. s. w., f. ī (in späteren Schriften bisweilen auch ā) P. 4,3,82. P. 4,3,143. P. 4,4,138. P. 5,2,47. P. 5,4,21. VOP. 7,72. — 2〉 m. VOP. 26,171. N. pr. eines Asura, eines vollendeten Werkmeisters und Kenners aller Zauberkünste, TRIK. 8,3,318. MED. y. 43. MBH. 1,133. fgg. MBH. 1,2278. MBH. 1,8323. fgg. MBH. 1,8328. MBH. 2,1. fgg. MBH. 5,3568. MBH. 6,4605. fgg. MBH. 7,7879. MBH. 8,1406. fgg. MBH. 12,8261. fgg. MBH. 13,2250. HARIV. 203. fgg. HARIV. 2420. HARIV. 2603. fgg. HARIV. 9143. HARIV. 12974. fgg. HARIV. 13178. HARIV. 13218. fgg. HARIV. 13316. HARIV. 13952. fgg. HARIV. 14020. fgg. R. 3,60,21. R. 4,34,29. R. 4,44,37. R. 6,80,2. R. 6,80,32. R. 6,95,36. KATHĀS. 3,47. fgg. KATHĀS. 28,100. KATHĀS. 29,12. fgg. KATHĀS. 34,148. KATHĀS. 43,22. fgg. KATHĀS. 44,26. KATHĀS. 44,188. fgg. KATHĀS. 45,2. fgg. RĀJA-TAR. 3,357. BHĀG. P. 1,15,8. BHĀG. P. 2,7,31. BHĀG. P. 4,18,20. BHĀG. P. 5,24,16. BHĀG. P. 5,24,28. BHĀG. P. 7,10,52. BHĀG. P. 8,10,22. MĀRK. P. 68,8. VP. 148, N. 11. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 41,b,2. fgg. Lehrer der Astronomie SŪRYAS. 1,2. SŪRYAS. 1,4. SŪRYAS. 1,7. SŪRYAS. 12,1. SŪRYAS. 12,10. SŪRYAS. 14,24. fgg. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 24,2. Verz. d. B. H. No. 857. Verz. d. B. H. No. 865. Verz. d. B. H. No. 939. der Kriegskunst KĀM. NĪTIS. 8,20. KĀM. NĪTIS. 8,23. — Verz. d. Oxf. H. 341,b, N. Nach WEBER = Ptolemaios Ind. St. 2,243. LIT. 225. fg. — 3〉 f. ā ärztliche Behandlung ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. máya m. Ross VS. 22,19. f. ī Schol. zu LĀṬY. 2,7,26. maya m. Kameel AK. 2,9,75. TRIK. 3,3,318. H. 1254. MED. y. 43. HALĀY. 2,125. Maulthier MED. — Wohl von mā, mimāti.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

1. maya — 1〉 Adj. Suffix (f. ī, metrisch auch ā) gebildet aus. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Asura, eines vollendeten Werkmeisters und Kenners aller Zauberkünste, Lehrers der Astronomie und Kriegskunst. — 3〉 *f. ā ärztliche Behandlung.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. máya — 1〉 m. — a〉 Ross. — b〉 *Kamel. — c〉 *Maulthier. — 2〉 f. mayī Stute.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

maya a. (yī f.) An affix used to indicate ‘made of,’ ‘consisting or composed of,’ ‘full of’: kanakamaya, kāṣṭhamaya, tejomaya, jalamaya &c. — yaḥ 1 N. of a demon, the architect of the demons. (He built the ‘three cities’ for the demons; cf. tripura. He is also said to have built a splendid hall for the Pāṇḍavas). 2 A horse. 3 A camel. 4 A mule. — yī A mare.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. máya m. Pferd; f. ī Stute.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. maya, f. ī gebildet aus (nur als Suff. —˚); m. N. eines Asura.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

maya maya m. chameau; mulet. Démon, architecte des Daityas. — F. mayā médecine pratique. mayaṭa m. hutte de gazon.

Derived words

  • ānandamaya आनन्दमय adjective consisting of bliss; blissful
  • hiraṇmaya हिरण्मय adjective golden; made of gold

Occurrences in source texts (40)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 180–183*1: Amarolī and Sahajolī 1 occurrence

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GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 89–94: Body, Names and Reality 1 occurrence

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HP 5 occurrences
HP 3.33-3.48*1: Khecarī and Soma 1 occurrence

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HP 3.87-3.93*7: Sahajolī and Amarolī 1 occurrence

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HP 4.11*15-4.11*28: Space and Laya 1 occurrence

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HP 4.27*1-4.35: Rājayoga and Haṭha 1 occurrence

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HP 4.35*1-4.36: Signs of Samādhi 1 occurrence

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IVU 1 occurrence
IVU 15-16: Sun, Puruṣa, and Self 1 occurrence

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MAN 3 occurrences
Rudra-Kṣetra-Mantra 3 occurrences

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  • MAN RK 2 Segment 6

    Attested form: mayam Grammar of the segment: nominative singular neuter

  • MAN RK 2 Segment 9

    Attested form: mayam Grammar of the segment: nominative singular neuter

  • MAN RK 3 Segment 6

    Attested form: maya Grammar of the segment: dvandva-compound

MandUp 1 occurrence
MandUp 3-7: Four modes of awareness 1 occurrence

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PJH 3 occurrences
PJH 3-4: Perceiver and Perceived; Microcosm and Macrocosm 1 occurrence

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  • PJH 4 Segment 8

    Attested form: mayaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular masculine

PJH 5-6: The Contraction of the Divine 1 occurrence

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  • PJH 6 Segment 2

    Attested form: mayaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular masculine

PJH 7-8: Tantric Cosmology and the Revelation of Divine Awareness 1 occurrence

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  • PJH 7 Segment 7

    Attested form: mayaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular masculine

SiSa 8 occurrences
SiSa 1.20-1.31: Karma und Erkenntnis 2 occurrences

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SiSa 2.41-2.43: Māyā-Projektion 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.81-4.90: Bindu-Bewahrung 2 occurrences

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SiSa 5.6-5.9: Dharma-Hindernisse 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.48-5.71: Innere Meditation 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.72-5.73: Körper-Ernährung 1 occurrence

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SVU 4 occurrences
SVU 2.12-2.13: Signs of the Fire of Yoga 1 occurrence

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SVU 2.14-2.16: Self-Luminous and Unbound 1 occurrence

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SVU 5.1–5.6: The Lord of Cosmic Origins 1 occurrence

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SVU 6.14–6.17: Light and Immortality 1 occurrence

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VBT 13 occurrences
VBT 1–3: Devī’s Question 1 occurrence

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VBT 4–6: Models Negated 1 occurrence

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VBT 11–13: Fixations Rejected 1 occurrence

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VBT 57–64: Intervals and Equality 2 occurrences

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VBT 65–74: Joy and Enjoyment 3 occurrences

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VBT 86–92: Light and Darkness 1 occurrence

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VBT 93–100: Pain and Desire 1 occurrence

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VBT 101–109: Śiva-Identity 1 occurrence

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VBT 110–120: Everyday as Gate 1 occurrence

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VBT 146–155: Inner Rituals 1 occurrence

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