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शब्दसागरः

English

 माय m.
  (-यः)
	 1. A mime,  a juggler.
	 2. An Asura or evil spirit.
	 f.
  (-या)
1. Fraud,  trick,  deceit,  illusion. 
	 2. A female juggler.
	 3. Under-
standing,  human intellect.
	 4. Compassion. 
	 5. Wickedness,  vil-
lainy,  villainous deception. 
	 6. A name of LAKSHMĪ.
	 7. Trick in
negotiation,  political fraud,  diplomacy.
	 8. Philosophical illusion, 
idealism,  unreality of all worldly existance
 personified in mytho-
logy as a female,  the consort of BRAHMĀ or GOD,  and the imme-
diate and active cause of creation. 
	 9. The mother of BUDDHA.
10. The Pradhāna of the Sānkhyas.
	 11. Illusion which makes
one see the supreme spirit and the universe to be two distinct
realities,  (in Vedānta Phil.)
 E.
  मा to measure,  Unādi aff.
   यत्
 the
medium through which all things are seen,  and by which they
are estimated.

Yates

English

 माय (यः) 1.
m.
  A mime,  a juggler
an
Asura. f.
  (या) Illusion
 female
juggler
 intellect
 compassion
wickedness
 idealism
Lakshmī.

Spoken Sanskrit

English

माय 	-	  mAya 	-	 adj.
  	-	  creating illusions
मायाविन् 	-	  mAyAvin 	-	 adj.
  	-	  creating illusions
स्वप्नप्रपञ्च 	-	  svapnaprapaJca 	-	 m.
  	-	 illusions of sleep
समेतमाय 	-	  sametamAya 	-	 adj.
  	-	  affected by or possessing illusions
शम 	-	  zama 	-	 m.
  	-	  emancipation from all the illusions of existence

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Wilson

English

 माय
m.
  (-यः)
1 A mime,  a juggler.
2 An Asura or evil spirit.
f.
  (-या)
1 Fraud,  trick,  deceit,  illusion. 
2 A female juggler.
3 Understanding,  human intellect.
4 Compassion. 
5 Wickedness,  villainy,  villainous deception. 
6 A name of LAKṢMĪ.
7 Trick in negotiation,  political fraud,  diplomacy.
8 Philosophical illusion,  idealism,  unreality of all worldly existence
personified in mythology as a female,  the consort of BRAHMĀ or GOD,  and the
immediate and active cause of creation. 
9 The mother of BUDDHA.
E.
  मा to measure,  Uṇādi aff.
   य
 the medium through which all things
are seen,  and by which they are estimated.

Apte

English

माय [māya],  a.
  Possessing magical power
 नमो विश्वाय मायाय चिन्त्याचिन्त्याय वै नमः Mb.
 *  13.14.316.

यः A conjurer,  juggler.

A demon,  an evil spirit.

N.
  of Viṣṇu
 L.
  D. B.

A garment
 L.
  D. B.

Apte 1890

English

 माय a. Possessing magical power. 
यः 1 A conjurer,  juggler. 
2 A demon,  an evil spirit. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 माय mfn.
   (√ 3. मा) measuring (See धान्य-म्°)

 creating illusions (said of Viṣṇu),  MBh.
  

Monier Williams 1872

English

 माय माय,  अस्,  आ,  अम् (according to some
fr. rt. 3. मा,  according to others fr. rt. मन् + य), 
illusory,  possessing magical powers or powers of illu-
sion (said of Viṣṇu)
 (अस्),  m. an illusionist,  conjurer, 
juggler
 an evil spirit,  Asura
 (आ),  f. art,  wisdom, 
(according to Naighaṇṭuka III. 9 = प्रज्ञा),  extra-
ordinary or supernatural power,  wonderful power, 
(in these meanings only in the earlier language)
illusion,  trick,  artifice,  deceit,  deception,  fraud,  jug-
glery,  sorcery,  witchcraft
 wickedness,  villany
 a
political trick,  diplomatic artifice
 an illusory image
or apparition,  phantasm,  phantom,  anything unreal, 
anything which deceives the sight (e. g. सिंह-म्°,  a
phantasm in the form of a lion,  a phantom lion)
philosophical illusion,  idealism,  unreality,  (in the
Sāṅkhya system applied to Prakṛti as the source of
all apparent material objects)
 Illusion personified, 
(sometimes identified with Durgā as the authoress of
spells,  sometimes regarded as a daughter of Anṛta
and Nirṛti or Nikṛti and mother of Mrityu or as a
daughter of Adharma)
 one of the four Pāśas or
snares which entangle the soul (with Śaivas)
 pity, 
compassion
 N. of the mother of Śākya-muni or
Buddha
 N. of two metres,  four times ¯¯¯¯, 
¯˘˘¯¯˘˘¯¯,  and ˘¯˘¯¯˘˘¯˘¯¯ twice
alternately with ¯¯˘¯¯˘˘¯˘¯¯
 (= माया-
पुरी),  N. of a city
 of the city Gayā
 (आस्),  f. pl., 
Ved. ideal products of the mind.
—माय-वत्,  आन्, 
अती,  अत्,  Ved. = माया-वत्,  q. v.
—माया-कापालिक, 
अम्,  n.,  N. of a particular drama.
—माया-
कार,  अस्,  or माया-कृत्,  त्,  m. ‘illusion-maker, ’ a
conjurer,  juggler.
—माया-चण,  अस्,  आ,  अम् (see
चण),  skilled in illusion,  famous for juggling
 illu-
sive,  deceptive.
—मायाचार (°या-आच्°),  अस्,  आ,  अम्, 
practising illusion or deceit,  acting deceitfully,  (op-
posed to साधु-आचार।)
—माया-जीविन्,  ई,  m. ‘living
by illusion, ’ a conjurer,  juggler.
—माया-तन्त्र,  अम्, 
n.,  N. of a Tantra.
—मायात्मक (°या-आत्°),  अस्, 
इका,  अम्,  consisting of illusion,  essentially illusory.
—माया-द,  अस्,  m. ‘giving or causing illusion, ’ an
alligator,  crocodile.
—माया-दर्शन,  अम्,  n.,  N.
of a chapter of the Bhaviṣya-Purāṇa.
—माया-देवी, 
f.,  N. of the mother of the Buddha κατ’ ἐξοχήν or
Śākya-muni
 of the wife of Pra-dyumna.
—माया-
देवी-सुत,  अस्,  m. ‘the son of Māyā-devī, ’ an epi-
thet of Śākya-muni.
—माया-धर,  अस्,  ई,  अम्, 
possessing illusion,  skilled in magic,  deceitful.
—मा-
यान्वित (°या-अन्°),  अस्,  आ,  अम्,  possessing illusion, 
deceitful,  guileful.
—माया-पटु,  उस्,  उस् or वी,  उ, 
skilled in illusion or magical arts,  delusive,  fraudulent.
—माया-पति,  इस्,  m. ‘lord of illusion, ’ a master
in illusions,  the husband of Illusion personified.
—माया-पुर्,  ऊर्,  or माया-पुरी,  f.,  N. of a city
[cf. माया।]
—माया-प्रयोग,  अस्,  m. the application
or employment of magic.
—माया-फल,  अम्,  n. a
gall-nut.
—मायाभ्युदयन (°या-अभ्°),  अस्,  m.,  N.
of a Kāyastha (Rāja-taraṅgiṇī VIII. 1819).
—माया-
मय,  अस्,  ई,  अम्,  consisting of illusion,  formed of
or creating illusion,  illusive,  illusory,  deceptive,  en-
chanted,  unreal,  magical.
—माया-माणवक,  अस्, 
आ,  अम्,  appearing magically as a boy or dwarf.
—माया-मृग,  अस्,  m. an illusory antelope,  a phan-
tom deer.
—माया-यन्त्र,  अम्,  n. enchantment.
—मायायन्त्र-विमान,  अस्,  अम्,  m. n. an en-
chanted chariot,  magical car.
—माया-योग,  अस्,  m.
the application or employment of illusion,  employ-
ment of magical arts.
—माया-योधिन्,  ई,  इनी,  इ, 
fighting illusively or with deceitful artifices.
—माया-
रसिक,  अस्,  आ,  अम्,  taking pleasure in deceit,  fond
of illusion or deceit
 [cf. माया-वसिक।]
—माया-
रावण,  अस्,  m. Rāvaṇa in an illusory or disguised
form.
—माया-वचन,  अम्,  n. a deceptive or hypo-
critical speech.
—माया-वटु,  उस्,  m.,  N. of a king
of the Śavaras.
—माया-वत्,  आन्,  अती,  अत्,  possessing
powers of illusion,  having magical powers,  employing
deceit,  deceptive,  illusory,  unreal
 skilled in magical
arts
 (आन्),  m. an epithet of Kaṃsa
 (अती),  f.,  N. of
the wife of Pra-dyumna
 of the wife of a Vidyā-
dhara
 of a princess
 of a particular magical art
personified
 of an authoress of certain magical incan-
tations.
—माया-वसिक,  अस्,  आ,  अम्,  practising de-
ceit,  deluding,  a deceiver,  cheat,  (perhaps for माया-
रसिक।)
—माया-वाद,  अस्,  m. ‘the doctrine of
illusion, ’ a term applied to Buddhism.
—मायावाद-
सन्दूषणी,  f. ‘destroyer of the doctrine of illusion, ’
N. of a controversial work against the non-dualistic
doctrine of the Vedānta.
—माया-विद्,  त्,  त्,  त्,  ‘illu-
sion-knowing, ’ experienced or skilled in magical arts.
—माया-विन्,  ई,  इनी,  इ,  possessing illusion or magical
powers
 employing deceit,  using tricks,  deluding or
deceiving others
 illusory,  creating illusions
 (ई),  m.
a magician,  conjurer,  juggler
 a cat
 N. of a son of
Maya
 (इ),  n. a gall-nut.
—माया-सुत,  अस्,  m. ‘son
of Māyā, ’ epithet of Śākya-muni or Buddha.

Macdonell

English

 माय mā-ya,  a.
  creating illusions (Viṣṇu): 🞄-vat,  a.
  magical (metr. for māyā-).

Benfey

English

 माय माय,  i. e. मन् + य, 
 I. m.
 
 1.
A juggler.
 2. An Asura.
 II. f.
 
 1.
Understanding.
 2. Fraud,  deceit,  Man. 
7,  104
 Hit. i. d. 194,  M.M.
 3. Trick
in negotiation,  diplomacy,  Pañc. i. d.
404 (यो मायां कुरुते मूधः प्राण-
त्यागे धनादिषु,  The fool who uses
tricks about wealth,  etc.,  his life being
in danger).
 4. Wickedness.
 5. Illu-
sion,  unreality,  Vedāntas. in Chr. 205, 
2.
 6. Magical power,  Kathās. 25,  274.
 7. Compassion. 
 8. The wife of a
juggler.
 -- Comp.
 
अ-,  f.
  honesty,  truth, 
Hit. ii. d. 33.
देव-,  f.
  a phantom
created by a god,  Bhāg. P. 2,  7,  42.
बहु-,  adj.
  Very wicked,  Pañc. i. d.
364.
सु-,  adj.
  abounding in tricks (?), 
Chr. 293,  1 = Rigv. i. 88,  1.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

मायः
पुं*
  - माया अस्ति अस्य - माया - अच्
"जादूगर,  बाजीगर,  ऐन्द्रजालिक"

मायः
पुं*
  - -
"राक्षस,  भूत प्रेत"

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

माय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಮಾಯೆಗಾರ /ತಂತ್ರಗಾರ /ಠಕ್ಕ /ಗಾರುಡಿಗ /ಕಣ್ಕಟ್ಟು ಮಾಡುವವನು
निष्पत्तिः - > "अच्" (५-२-१२७)
व्युत्पत्तिः - > मायाऽस्यास्ति
माय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಮಾಯಾಸುರನ ಮಗ
माय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಶೈಲೂಷ /ನಟ
विस्तारः - > "मायः पीताम्बरेऽसुरे" - मेदि०

L R Vaidya

English

 mAya {% m. %} 1. A juggler
 2. a demon,  an evil spirit.

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 māya, 
(1) nt. acc. to text,  a high number: mahāvivāhas tathā dṛṣṭas,  taddaśaṃ māyam ucyate Mmk 〔343.18〕 (vs)
 or understand māya(ḥ)-m-ucyate,  with m. gender? In next line: taddaśamāyāṃ(!) mahāmāyaḥ
(2) apparently nt. for Skt. māyā,  trick,  wile: bahūni māyāni darśayati Mv 〔ii.174.12〕 (prose
 no v.l.).

Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

jal bas
माय

Mahabharata

English

Māya = Śiva: XIII,  909.

Vedic Reference

English

 Māya in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa (xiii. 4,  3,  11) corresponds
to Asuravidyā,  ‘magic.’

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 मायः,  पुं,
   (माया अस्यास्तीति । माया + अर्शआदित्वादच् ।) पीताम्बरः । (यथा,  महा-भारते । १३ । २४ । ३११ ।“नमो विश्वाय मायाय चिन्त्याचिन्त्याय वैनमः ॥
”)(मयस्यापत्यं पुमान् । मय + अण् ।) अमुरः ।इति मेदिनी ॥
 ये,  ४६ ॥

Burnouf

French

 माय माय m.
  (मा
 sfx. य) mime,  jongleur, 
magicien.  -- F. माया illusion,  prestige,  magie
		 माया
गुणमयी l'illusion produite par les apparences des choses
		 la
vertu qu'ont les choses de produire cette illusion
		 la vertu magique
des dieux,  la possibilité pour eux de produire les choses
		 Māyā, 
énergie féminine ou productrice de Brahmā.
		 Tromperie,  fraude
acte ou habileté diplomatique.
		 Femme de magicien. 
		 Māyā, 
mère du Buddha.
मायाकार m.
  (कृ) magicien
		 acteur.
मायाकृत् m.
  (कृ) mms.
मायाजिविन् m.
  (जीव्) mms.
मायाद m.
  (दा) crocodile.
मायान्तिक a. (अन्त
 sfx. इक) magique,  qui fait
illusion. 
मायामय a. (sfx. मय) magique,  où il y a du prestige, 
de l'illusion. 
मायावसिक m.
  (वस्
 sfx. इक) trompeur,  menteur, 
hâbleur.
मायावत् a. (sfx. वत्) magique
 illusoire. -- S. m.
  surn. 
de Kaṃsa. -- S. f.
  मायावती l'épouse de Kāma.
मायाविन् m.
  magicien,  charlatan. 
		 Chat.
मायासुत m.
  le Buddha,  fils de Māyā.
मायिक m.
  magicien,  charlatan. 
मायिन् a. (sfx. इन्) magique,  qui fait illusion.  -- S. m.
 
magicien,  charlatan
		 Agni,  Brahmā,  Kāma,  Śiva,  etc. [qui ont une
माया].

Stchoupak

French

 माय-
 a. qui crée l'illusion. 

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