माया
See also: मायी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit माया (māyā́).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɑː.jɑː/, [mäː.jäː]
Noun
माया • (māyā) f (Urdu spelling مایا)
- illusion, deceit
- (Hinduism) maya, the veil on reality
- यह संसार माया है। ― yah sansār māyā hai. ― This world is an illusion.
- (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 | |
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direct | माया māyā | मायाएँ māyāẽ |
oblique | माया māyā | मायाओं māyāõ |
vocative | माया māyā | मायाओ māyāo |
Related terms
- मायी (māyī)
References
- Platts, John T. (1884), “माया”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 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
- fraud
- deceit
- magic
- jugglery
Sanskrit
FWOTD – 13 March 2019
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬵᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
- মাযা (Assamese script)
- মাযা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰯𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑌾𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
- માયા (Gujarati script)
- ਮਾਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦩꦴꦪꦴ (Javanese script)
- មាយា (Khmer script)
- ಮಾಯಾ (Kannada script)
- ມາຍາ (Lao script)
- മായാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘰𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- မာယာ (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑧑𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐵𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମାଯା (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢵꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆳𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖯𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මායා (Sinhalese script)
- మాయా (Telugu script)
- มายา (Thai script)
- མཱ་ཡཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒰𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From √म (ma, “measure, magic, binding, fettering”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɑː.jɑ́ː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.jɑː/
Noun
माया • (māyā́) f
- (Vedic) art, wisdom, inhuman or supernatural power
- (Vedic) love, affection
- (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
- an unreal or illusory image, phantom, apparition
- (Buddhism) duplicity, one of the 24 minor evil passions
- (philosophy) illusion
- (Shaivism) one of the 4 pāśas (“snares”) which entangle the soul
- (Vaishnavism) one of the 9 shaktis (“energies”) of Vishnu
- compassion, sympathy
- Operculina turpethum (Convolvulus turpethum)
- (poetry) name of two poetic meters
Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of माया (māyā́) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | माया māyā́ | माये māyé | मायाः māyā́ḥ |
Vocative | माये mā́ye | माये mā́ye | मायाः mā́yāḥ |
Accusative | मायाम् māyā́m | माये māyé | मायाः māyā́ḥ |
Instrumental | मायया / माया¹ māyáyā / māyā́¹ | मायाभ्याम् māyā́bhyām | मायाभिः māyā́bhiḥ |
Dative | मायायै māyā́yai | मायाभ्याम् māyā́bhyām | मायाभ्यः māyā́bhyaḥ |
Ablative | मायायाः māyā́yāḥ | मायाभ्याम् māyā́bhyām | मायाभ्यः māyā́bhyaḥ |
Genitive | मायायाः māyā́yāḥ | माययोः māyáyoḥ | मायानाम् māyā́nām |
Locative | मायायाम् māyā́yām | माययोः māyáyoḥ | मायासु māyā́su |
Notes |
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Descendants
- → Balinese: ᬫᬵᬬᬵ
- Pali: māyā
- Indonesian: maya
- Malay: maya
- → English: maya
- → Hindi: माया (māyā)
- → Lao: ມາຍາ (mā nyā)
- → Tamil: மாயை (māyai)
- → Thai: มายา (maa-yaa)
Proper noun
माया • (māyā́) f
- The name of several goddesses (Illusion personified, Lakshmi)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Maya (famously held by the mother of the Buddha)
- A city
- (poetry, in the dual, māye indrasya) name of 2 sāmans
Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of माया (māyā́) | |||
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Singular | |||
Nominative | माया māyā́ | ||
Vocative | माये mā́ye | ||
Accusative | मायाम् māyā́m | ||
Instrumental | मायया / माया¹ māyáyā / māyā́¹ | ||
Dative | मायायै māyā́yai | ||
Ablative | मायायाः māyā́yāḥ | ||
Genitive | मायायाः māyā́yāḥ | ||
Locative | मायायाम् māyā́yām | ||
Notes |
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Descendants
- → English: Maya
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “माया”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 811/1-2.