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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry माया

  1. मायाmāyānoted for juggling.
    1. noted for juggling.
    2. deceptive.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -जलम् artificial water; स्निग्धत्वमायाजललेपलोपसयत्न- रत्नांशुमृजांशुकाभाम् Name1.93.

    • -दः a crocodile.

    • -देवी Name of the mother of Buddha. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedसुतः Buddha.

    • -धर Adjective deceitful, illusive.

    • -पटु Adjective skilled in deception, fraudulent, deceitful.

    • -प्रयोगः

      1. deceitfulness, employment of tricks or fraud; मायाप्रयोगः प्रिये Pt. 1.19.
      2. employment of magic.
    • -फलम् a gall-nut.

    • -मृगः a phantom deer, an illusory or false deer.

    • -यन्त्रम् an enchantment.

    • -योगः employment of magic.

    • -योधिन् Adjective fighting deceitfully.

    • -रसिक, -वसिक Adjective deceitful.

    • -वचनम् false or deceitful words.

    • -वादः the doctrine or illusion, (a term applied to Buddhism).

    • -विद् Adjective skilled in deception or magical arts.

    • -सुतः an epithet of Buddha.

    • माया māyā

      1. मा-यः बाdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied नेत्वम्
      2. Deceit, fraud, trick, trickery; a device, an artifice; रथचर्यास्त्रमायाभिर्मोहयित्वा परंतप Mb. 7.46.24; यो मायां कुरुते मूढः प्राणत्यागे धनादिके Pt.1. 359.
      3. Jugglery, witchcraft, enchantment, an illusion of magic; स्वप्नो नु माया नु मतिभ्रमो नु Ś.6.1; मायायोगविदां चैव न स्वयं कोपकारणात् Kau. Atmanepada 1.19.
      4. (Hence) An unreal or illusory image, a phantom, illusion, unreal apparition; मायां मयोद्भाव्य परीक्षितोऽसि R.2.62; विकृतिः किं नु भवेदियं नु माया Ki.13.4; R.12.74; Often times as the first member of comp. in the sense of 'false', 'phantom', 'illusory'; Exempli gratia, for example मायावचनम् false words; मायामृग etc.
      5. A political trick or artifice, diplomatic feat.
      6. (In Vedānta Philosophy) Unreality, the illusion by virtue of which one considers the unreal universe as really existent and as distinct from the Supreme Spirit; मायां तु प्रकृतिं विद्यान्मायिनं तु महेश्वरम् Śvet. Up.
      7. (In Sāṅ. Philosophy) The Pradhāna or Prakṛiti.
      8. Wickedness.
      9. Pity, compassion.
      10. Name of the mother of Buddha.
      11. Vedic Extraordinary power, wisdom (प्रज्ञा).
      12. (With Śaivas) One of the four snares (पाश) which entangle the soul.
      13. Name of the city Gayā.
      14. Name of Lakṣmī.
      15. Name of Durgā; देवीं मायां तु श्रीकामः Bhāg.2.3.3.
      16. Skill, art; दधारैको रणे राजन् वृषसेनोऽस्त्रमायया Mb.7.16.1.
    • -आचार Adjective acting deceitfully.

    • -आत्मक Adjective false, illusory.

    • -उपजीविन् Adjective living by fraud; बहवः पण्डिताः क्षुद्राः सर्वे मायो- पजीविनः Pt.1.288.

    • -कारः, -कृत्, -जीविन् Masculine) a conjurer, juggler.

    • -चण Adjective

    In the Gita7·147·1518·61

    दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया ।

    daivī hyeṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā, — This is my divine Maya of the gunas and it is hard to overcome; those cross beyond it who approach Me. 7·14
    • मायाmāyānominative singular of the feminine noun māyā (the conscious action of the self-existent Godhead, the Divine Power of delusion).
    • मायाम्māyāmaccusative singular of the feminine noun māyā (the conscious action of the self-existent Godhead, the Divine Power of delusion).
    • माययाmāyayāinstrumental singular of the feminine noun māyā (the conscious action of the self-existent Godhead, the Divine Power of delusion).

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Headwords under म

Part 6 of 12 माधवी – मार्द्वीकAll parts
  1. म – मण्डल
  2. मण्डलकम् – मनीकम्
  3. मनीकृ – मरूक
  4. मरूव – महल्ल
  5. महल्लक – माधविका
  6. माधवी – मार्द्वीक
  7. मार्मिक – मिश्
  8. मिश्र् – मुन्थ्
  9. मुमुक्षा – मृग्
  10. मृग – मेल
  11. मेलनम् – मौलिन्
  12. मौलेयक – म्लै