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.]