māyā माया f. See below. māyā́ f. art, wisdom, extraordinary or supernatural power (only in the earlier language) illusion, unreality, deception, fraud, trick, sorcery, witchcraft magic, [RV.] &c. &c. an unreal or illusory image, phantom, apparition, [ib.] (esp. ibc. = false, unreal, illusory; cf. comp.) duplicity (with Buddhists one of the 24 minor evil passions), [Dharmas. 69] (in phil.) Illusion (identified in the Sāṃkhya with Prakṛti or Pradhāna and in that system, as well as in the Vedānta, regarded as the source of the visible universe), [IW. 83]; [108] (with Śaivas) one of the 4 Pāśas or snares which entangle the soul, [Sarvad.]; [MW.] (with Vaiṣṇavas) one of the 9 Śaktis or energies of Viṣṇu, [L.] 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), [Pur.] compassion, sympathy, [L.] Convolvulus Turpethum, [L.] N. of the mother of Gautama Buddha, [MWB. 24] of Lakṣmī, [W.] of a city, [Cat.] of 2 metres, [Col.] du. (māye indrasya) N. of 2 Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.] māyāda मायाद māyā—da m. ‘giving or causing illusion’, an alligator, crocodile, [L.] māyāti मायाति (?), m. = nara-bali, [BrahmaP.] māyākṛt मायाकृत् māyā—kāra or māyā—kṛt, m. ‘illusion-maker’, a conjurer, juggler, [L.] māyāpur मायापुर् māyā—pur f. N. of a city, [Kathās.] (cf. māyā). māyāvat मायावत् māyā́—vat (māyā́-), mfn. having magical powers, employing deceit, sly, cunning, [RV.]; [R.]; [Bālar.] (-tara, [AitBr.]; more correctly māyá-vattara, [ŚBr.]) connected with many magical arts, [BhP.], Sch. māyā́—vat m. N. of Kaṃsa, [L.] māyāvid मायाविद् māyā—vid mfn. experienced or skilled in magical arts, [MBh.] māyāvin मायाविन् māyā—vín mfn. possessing illusion or magical powers, employing deceit, deluding or deceiving others (°vi-tā f.), [RV.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. illusory, creating illusions, [Nīlak.] māyā—vín m. a magician, conjurer, juggler, [MBh.]; [BhP.] a cat, [L.] N. of a son of Maya, [R.] māyā—vín n. a gall-nut, [MW.] māyāyin मायायिन् mfn. = māyā-vín above, [MW.] māyādhara मायाधर māyā—dhara mfn. possessing illusion, skilled in magic, [R.] māyā—dhara m. N. of a king of the Asuras, [Kathās.] māyādhika मायाधिक māyā°dhika (māyādh°), mfn. abounding in magic, [R.] māyāphala मायाफल māyā—phala n. a gall-nut, [L.] māyāśīla मायाशील māyā—śīla mfn. deceitful, [Subh.] māyābaṭu मायाबटु māyā—baṭu m. N. of a king of the Śabaras, [Kathās.] māyācāra मायाचार māyā°cāra (māyāc°), mfn. practising illusion or deceit, [Subh.] acting deceitfully, [MBh.] māyācaṇa मायाचण māyā—caṇa mfn. famous for juggling, [Bhaṭṭ.] illusive, deceptive, [W.] māyādevī मायादेवी māyā—devī f. N. of the mother of Gautama Buddha, [Buddh.] of the wife of Pradyumna, [VP.] māyākāra मायाकार māyā—kāra or māyā—kṛt, m. ‘illusion-maker’, a conjurer, juggler, [L.] māyāmata मायामत māyā—mata m. or n. (?) N. of wk. māyāmaya मायामय māyā—maya mf(I)n. consisting of illusion, formed, illusive, unreal, magical, [Up.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. māyā—maya m. N. of a Rākṣasa, [Bālar.] māyāmṛga मायामृग māyā—mṛga m. an illusory antelope, phantom deer, [R.] māyāmoha मायामोह māyā—moha m. ‘illusion, bewilderment’, N. of a Jina or Buddha, [VP.] māyāpati मायापति māyā—pati m. ‘lord of illusion’, N. of Viṣṇu, [Pañcar.] māyāpaṭu मायापटु māyā—paṭu mfn. skilled in illusion or magical arts, [Var.] māyāpurī मायापुरी māyā—purī f. = prec. [ib.] māyārati मायारति māyā—rati f. N. of the wife of Pradyumna (= devī), [VP.] māyāsura मायासुर māyā°sura (māyās°), m. N. of an Asura, [Vīrac.] māyāsuta मायासुत māyā—suta m. ‘son of Māyā’, N. of Gautama Buddha, [L.] māyāvāda मायावाद māyā—vāda m. the doctrine affirming the world to be illusion (applied to the doctrine of the Vedānta and of Buddhism), [Cat.] māyāvani मायावनि māyā°vani (māyāv°), m. N. of a Vidyā-dhara, [Bālar.] māyāvatī मायावती māyā́—vatī (atī), f. a partic. magical an personified, [Kathās.] N. of the wife of Pradyumna, [Hariv.]; [Pur.] (cf. -devī) of the wife of a Vidyā-dhara, [Kathās.] of a princess, [ib.] of an authoress of certain magical incantations, [Cat.] māyāvitā मायाविता māyā—vi-tā f. māyāyoga मायायोग māyā—yoga m. the application or employment of illusion, employment of magical arts, [R.]; [BhP.] māyājīvin मायाजीविन् māyā—jīvin m. ‘living by illusion’, a conjurer, juggler, [L.] māyānvita मायान्वित māyā°nvita (māyānv°), mfn. possessing illusion, deceitful, [MW.] māyātmaka मायात्मक māyā°tmaka (māyātm°), mf(ikA)n. consisting of illusion, essentially illusory, [W.] māyāyodhin मायायोधिन् māyā—yodhin mfn. fighting illusively or with deceitful artifices, [MBh.] māyāṣṭaka मायाष्टक māyā°ṣṭaka (māyāṣ°), n. N. of wk. māyārāvaṇa मायारावण māyā—rāvaṇa m. Rāvaṇa in an illusory or disguised form, [Cat.] māyārasika मायारसिक māyā—rasika mfn. See -vasika. māyātantra मायातन्त्र māyā—tantra n. N. of a Tantra. māyāvacana मायावचन māyā—vacana n. a deceptive or hypocritical speech, [Pañcat.] māyāvasika मायावसिक māyā—vasika mfn. = para-pratāraka, [L.] (prob. w.r. for -rasika ‘fond of illusion or deceit’). māyāyamaka मायायमक māyā-yamaka n. a Yamaka in which the whole stanza consists of one consonant combined with all vowels, [Bhar.] māyāyantra मायायन्त्र māyā—yantra n. ‘instrument of illusion’, enchantment (ibc. = enchanted, magical, e.g. °tra-vimāna mn. an enchanted chariot, magical car), [Kathās.] māyābalavat मायाबलवत् māyā—balavat mfn. one who possesses or makes over to another the virtue of a partic. spell, [R.] māyācidyoga मायाचिद्योग māyā—cid-yoga m. the union of Cit and Māyā, [RTL. 37 n. 1] māyādarśana मायादर्शन māyā—darśana n. N. of ch. of [BhavP.] māyāprayoga मायाप्रयोग māyā—prayoga m. the application or employment of magic, [Pañcat.] deceitfulness, [A.] māyāvidhijña मायाविधिज्ञ māyā—vidhi-jña mfn. = prec., [Divyāv.] māyādevīsuta मायादेवीसुत māyā—devī—suta m. ‘son of Māyādevī’, N. of Gautama Buddha, [L.] māyākāpālika मायाकापालिक māyā—kāpālika n. N. of a drama. māyālīlāmata मायालीलामत māyā—līlā-mata m. or n. (?) N. of wk. māyāmāhātmya मायामाहात्म्य māyā—māhātmya n. N. of ch. of [SkandaP.] māyāmaṇavaka मायामणवक māyā—maṇavaka mfn. appearing in an illusory way as a boy or dwarf, [BhP.] māyāvimālikā मायाविमालिका māyā—°vi-mālikā f. N. of wk. māyābhyudayana मायाभ्युदयन māyā°bhyudayana (māyābh°), m. N. of a Kāyastha, [Rājat.] māyāchadmapara मायाछद्मपर māyā—chadma-para mfn. only intent upon fraud and deceit, [Subh.] māyābījakalpa मायाबीजकल्प māyā—bīja-kalpa m. N. of wk. māyāvādakhaṇḍana मायावादखण्डन māyā—vāda—khaṇḍana n. N. of wk. māyāpurīmāhātmya मायापुरीमाहात्म्य māyā—purī—māhātmya n. N. of sev. works. māyāyantravimāna मायायन्त्रविमान māyā—yantra-vimāna m. n., an enchanted chariot, magical car māyāvādasaṃdūṣaṇī मायावादसंदूषणी māyā—vāda—saṃdūṣaṇī f. N. of wk. māyākṣetramāhātmya मायाक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य māyā—kṣetra-māhātmya n. N. of wk. māyāvādakhaṇḍanaṭīkā मायावादखण्डनटीका māyā—vāda—khaṇḍana-ṭīkā f. N. of wk. māyāvādakhaṇḍavivaraṇa मायावादखण्डविवरण māyā—vāda—khaṇḍa-vivaraṇa n. N. of wk. māyāvādakhaṇḍanaṭippaṇī मायावादखण्डनटिप्पणी māyā—vāda—khaṇḍana-ṭippaṇī f. N. of wk.