माय मायाति

माया

माया [मा-यः बाº नेत्वम्]
1 Deceit, fraud, trick, trickery; a device, an artifice; Pt. 1. 359.
2 Jugglery, witchcraft, enchantment, an illusion of magic; स्वप्नो नु माया नु मतिभ्रमो नु S. 6. 9.
3 (Hence) An unreal or illusory image, a phantom, illusion, unreal apparition; मायां मयोद्भाव्य प- रीक्षितोऽसि R. 2. 62; विकृतिः किन्नु भ- वेदियं नु माया Ki. 13. 4, R. 12. 74; oft. as the first member of comp. in the sense of ‘false’, ‘phantom’, ‘illusory’; e. g. मायावचनं false words; मायामृग &c.
4 A political trick or artifice, diplomatic feat.
5 (In Vedānta phil.) Unreality, the il lusion by virtue of which one considers the unreal universe as really existent and as distinct from the Supreme Spirit.
6 (In Sān. phil.) The Pradhāna or Prakṛti.
7 Wickedness.
8 Pity, compassion.
9 N. of the mother of Buddha.
10 Ved. Extraordinary power, wisdom (प्रज्ञा).
11 (With Śaivas) One of the four snares (पाश) which entangle the soul.
12 N. of the city Gayā.
13 N. of Lakṣmī.
−Comp.
−आचर a. acting deceitfully.
−आत्मक a. false, illusory.
−उपजीविन् a. living by fraud; Pt. 1. 288. −कारः, −कृत्, −जीविन् m. a conjurer, juggler.
−चण a. 1. noted forjuggling. −2. deceptive.
−दः a crocodile.
−देवी N. of the mother of Buddha. ºसुतः Buddha.
−धर a. deceitful, illusive.
−पटु a. skilled in deception, fraudulent, deceitful.
−प्रयोगः 1. deceitfulness, employment of tricks or fraud; Pt. 1. 190. −2. employment of magic.
−फलं a gall nut.
−मृगः a phantom deer, an illusory or false deer.
−यंत्रं an enchantment.
−योगः employment of magic.
−योधिन् a. fighting deceitfully.
−वचनं false or deceitful words.
−वादः the doctrine of illusion, (a term applied to Buddhism).
−विद् a. skilled in deception or magical arts.
−सुतः an epithet of Buddha.

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