maya

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. (yī f.) An affix used to indicate ‘made of,’ ‘coneisting or composed of,’ ‘full of’: kanakamaya, kāṣṭhamaya, tejomaya, jalamaya &c. --yaḥ 1 N. of a demon, the archi- tect of the demons. (He built the ‘three cities’ for the demons; cf. tripura. He is also said to have built a splendid hall for the Pāṇḍavas). --2 A horse. --3 A camel. --4 A mule. --yī A mare.

[mw] m. (3. mā) N. of an Asura asura (the artificer or architect of the Daityas dEtya s, also versed in magic, astronomy and military science) MBh.; Ka1v. &c 789,1 157985 m. N. of various teachers and authors (esp. of an astronomer and a poet) Cat. 789,1 157986 f. medical treatment L. 100578 789,1 157987 n. N. of a place 789,1 157988

[mw] m. (prob. fr. 2. mā) a horse VS. 789,1 158000 m. a camel L. 789,1 158001 m. a mule L. 789,1 158002 f. a mare La1t2y. Sch. Page789,2 100590 158003

[mw] m. (1. mī) hurting, injuring W. 100591 789,2 158004

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a. (yī f.) An affix used to indicate ‘made of,’ ‘coneisting or composed of,’ ‘full of’: kanakamaya, kāṣṭhamaya, tejomaya, jalamaya &c. --yaḥ 1 N. of a demon, the archi- tect of...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

1,008

Texts Appeared In

79

DCS: bulbmilk | Monier-Williams: mAyA f. See below.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 246 24.4%
2. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 124 12.3%
3. Kūrmapurāṇa 94 9.3%
4. Rāmāyaṇa 64 6.3%
5. Liṅgapurāṇa 63 6.2%

Concordance (Sample)

• Tantrasāra surface: māyāyāṃ

  yat tu śrīkaṇṭhanāthasya svam āyuḥ tat kañcukavāsināṃ rudrāṇāṃ dinaṃ tāvatī raja

• Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: māyāyām

  māyāyām adhikāriṇo māyādhikāriṇas teṣām uparitanaśuddhādhvavartividyeśvarasamāna

• Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: māyā

  māyāyām adhikāriṇo māyādhikāriṇas teṣām uparitanaśuddhādhvavartividyeśvarasamāna