माया

See also: मायी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit माया (māyā́).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mɑː.jɑː/, [mäː.jäː]

Noun

माया • (māyā) f (Urdu spelling مایا)

  1. illusion, deceit
  2. (Hinduism) maya, the veil on reality
    यह संसार माया है। ― yah sansār māyā hai. ― This world is an illusion.
  3. (Hinduism) maya, divine power
    ईश्वर की माया अनंत है।
    īśvar kī māyā anant hai.
    The divine power of God is infinite.

Declension

Declension of माया (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct माया
māyā 		मायाएँ
māyāẽ
oblique माया
māyā 		मायाओं
māyāõ
vocative माया
māyā 		मायाओ
māyāo

References

Nepali

Noun

माया • (māyā)

  1. Love, affection
  2. Illusion

References

  • “माया”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[3], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • māyā (Latin script)
  • 𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • মাযা (Bengali script)
  • මායා (Sinhalese script)
  • မာယာ or မႃယႃ (Burmese script)
  • มายา (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩣᨿᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມາຍາ or ມາຢາ (Lao script)
  • មាយា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄂𑄠𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

माया f

  1. fraud
  2. deceit
  3. magic
  4. jugglery

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 13 March 2019

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • মায়া (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬵᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
  • মায়া (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰯𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • မာယာ (Burmese script)
  • માયા (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਾਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌾𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦴꦪꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂰𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮಾಯಾ (Kannada script)
  • មាយា (Khmer script)
  • ມາຍາ (Lao script)
  • മായാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘰𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧑𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐵𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ମାଯା (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢵꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆳𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖯𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • මායා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑩛𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚭𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
  • மாயா (Tamil script)
  • మాయా (Telugu script)
  • มายา (Thai script)
  • མཱ་ཡཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒰𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨊𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Most likely a derivative of मा (mā, “measure, magic, binding, fettering”), though derivation from a seṭ-variant of मन् (man, “to think, suppose”) is also possible.[1] Probably unrelated to Bulgarian мая (maja, “distract, enchant, delay”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

माया • (māyā́) stem, f

  1. (Vedic) art, wisdom, inhuman or supernatural power
  2. (Vedic) love, affection
  3. (Vedic, Classical Sanskrit) illusion, deception, trickery, demonic magic
    • Kālīdāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 2.62:
      मया मायां उद्भाव्या परीक्षितः असि
      mayā māyāṃ udbhāvyā parīkṣitaḥ asi
      I have examined you by creating an illusion
  4. an unreal or illusory image, phantom, apparition
  5. (Buddhism) duplicity, one of the 24 minor evil passions
  6. (philosophy) illusion
  7. (Shaivism) one of the 4 pāśas (“snares”) which entangle the soul
  8. (Vaishnavism) one of the 9 shaktis (“energies”) of Vishnu
  9. compassion, sympathy
  10. Operculina turpethum (Convolvulus turpethum)
  11. (poetry) name of two poetic meters

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of माया
singular dual plural
nominative माया (māyā́) माये (māyé) मायाः (māyā́ḥ)
accusative मायाम् (māyā́m) माये (māyé) मायाः (māyā́ḥ)
instrumental मायया (māyáyā)
माया¹ (māyā́¹) 		मायाभ्याम् (māyā́bhyām) मायाभिः (māyā́bhiḥ)
dative मायायै (māyā́yai) मायाभ्याम् (māyā́bhyām) मायाभ्यः (māyā́bhyaḥ)
ablative मायायाः (māyā́yāḥ)
मायायै² (māyā́yai²) 		मायाभ्याम् (māyā́bhyām) मायाभ्यः (māyā́bhyaḥ)
genitive मायायाः (māyā́yāḥ)
मायायै² (māyā́yai²) 		माययोः (māyáyoḥ) मायानाम् (māyā́nām)
locative मायायाम् (māyā́yām) माययोः (māyáyoḥ) मायासु (māyā́su)
vocative माये (mā́ye) माये (mā́ye) मायाः (mā́yāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

  • → Balinese: ᬫᬵᬬᬵ
  • Pali: māyā
  • → English: maya
  • → Hindi: माया (māyā)
  • → Lao: ມາຍາ (m)
  • → Nepali: माया (māyā)
  • → Tamil: மாயை (māyai), மாயம் (māyam)
  • → Thai: มายา (maa-yaa)

Proper noun

माया • (māyā́) stem, f

  1. The name of several goddesses (Illusion personified, Lakshmi)
  2. a female given name, equivalent to English Maya (famously held by the mother of the Buddha)
  3. a city
  4. (poetry, in the dual, māye indrasya) name of 2 sāmans

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of माया
singular
nominative माया (māyā́)
accusative मायाम् (māyā́m)
instrumental मायया (māyáyā)
माया¹ (māyā́¹)
dative मायायै (māyā́yai)
ablative मायायाः (māyā́yāḥ)
मायायै² (māyā́yai²)
genitive मायायाः (māyā́yāḥ)
मायायै² (māyā́yai²)
locative मायायाम् (māyā́yām)
vocative माये (mā́ye)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “māyā́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 349-50
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 624-5

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