As a deity name
Name 787 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 318 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
gr˚ deceit or illusion, the divine power of ill˚ (which makes the universe appear as if really existing and renders it cognizable by the senses), the illusory nature of worldly obj…
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahāmāyāyai" is the dative of "mahāmāyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mahāmāyāyai" is the dative of "mahāmāya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
mahā—māyā f. gr˚ deceit or illusion, the divine power of ill˚ (which makes the universe appear as if really existing and renders it cognizable by the senses), the illusory nature of worldly objects personified and identified with Durgā, Pur.
N. of a wife of Śuddhodana, Buddh.
mahā—māya mf(ā)n. having great deceit or illusion, R.
practising gr˚ d˚ or ill˚ very illusory, R.; Kathās.
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