As a deity name
Name 694 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 768 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 271 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 722 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
माया
शक्ति · जीव (को॰) · ज्योतिष में शुक्र की गति के अनुसार तीन तीन नक्षत्रों की जो एक वीथी मानी गई है, उनमें से एक, जो हस्त, विशाखा और चित्रा नक्षत्र में होती है — Śabdasāgara
माया · noun · feminine
लक्ष्मी · द्रव्य । धन । संपत्ति । दौलत · अविद्या । अज्ञानता । भ्रम — Śabdasāgara
माया · māyā · s.f.
Extraordinary or supernatural power, magical or wonderful power — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 987
माया · māyā · s.m.
= مايه māya, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 987
माया · feminine
a female given name, Maya, from Sanskrit
माया · feminine
illusion, deceit; maya, the veil on reality; maya, divine power
Cited formation "माया" is माय + -आ: माय means "माता । माँ । जननी", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "माया" is माय + -आ: माय means "माता । माँ । जननी", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi माया — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit माया (māyā́).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
māyā f. See below.
māyā f. art, wisdom, extraordinary or supernatural power (only in the earlier language)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
art, wisdom, extraordinary or supernatural power (only in the earlier language)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "māyā" is the feminine form of "māya" — the same word with the feminine ending, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
māyā f. See below.
māyā 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
māya mfn. (√ 3. mā) measuring (see dhānya-m˚)
creating illusions (said of Viṣṇu), MBh.
Alternative readings
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