See माया in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"1": "ban",
"2": "ᬫᬵᬬᬵ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Balinese: ᬫᬵᬬᬵ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Balinese: ᬫᬵᬬᬵ"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "māyā"
},
"expansion": "Pali: māyā",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pali: māyā"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "maya"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian: maya",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Indonesian: maya"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "maya"
},
"expansion": "Malay: maya",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Malay: maya"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "maya",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: maya",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: maya"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "माया",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: माया (māyā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: माया (māyā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lo",
"2": "ມາຍາ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lao: ມາຍາ (mā nyā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lao: ມາຍາ (mā nyā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ne",
"2": "माया",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Nepali: माया (māyā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Nepali: माया (māyā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "மாயை",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tamil: மாயை (māyai)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tamil: மாயை (māyai)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "มายา",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: มายา (maa-yaa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: มายา (maa-yaa)"
}
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"2": "мая",
"3": "",
"4": "distract, enchant, delay"
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"name": "cog"
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
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]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-f",
"source": "declension",
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"inflection-template"
]
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"form": "माया",
"roman": "māyā́",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "माये",
"roman": "māyé",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाः",
"roman": "māyā́ḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाम्",
"roman": "māyā́m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "माये",
"roman": "māyé",
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"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
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"form": "मायाः",
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"accusative",
"plural"
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},
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"form": "मायया",
"roman": "māyáyā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "माया1",
"roman": "māyā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाभ्याम्",
"roman": "māyā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाभिः",
"roman": "māyā́bhiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायै",
"roman": "māyā́yai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाभ्याम्",
"roman": "māyā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाभ्यः",
"roman": "māyā́bhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायाः",
"roman": "māyā́yāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "मायायै2",
"roman": "māyā́yai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "मायाभ्याम्",
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"ablative",
"dual"
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"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायाः",
"roman": "māyā́yāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "मायायै2",
"roman": "māyā́yai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "माययोः",
"roman": "māyáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "मायानाम्",
"roman": "māyā́nām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "मायायाम्",
"roman": "māyā́yām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "माययोः",
"roman": "māyáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "मायासु",
"roman": "māyā́su",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "माये",
"roman": "mā́ye",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "माये",
"roman": "mā́ye",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाः",
"roman": "mā́yāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
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"tr": "māyā́"
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"name": "sa-noun"
}
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"1": "māyā́"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
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"art, wisdom, inhuman or supernatural power"
],
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"art",
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"power",
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"(Vedic) art, wisdom, inhuman or supernatural power"
],
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"Vedic"
]
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Vedic Sanskrit",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"love, affection"
],
"id": "en-माया-sa-noun-QpHtHMD0",
"links": [
[
"love",
"love"
],
[
"affection",
"affection"
]
],
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"(Vedic) love, affection"
],
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Classical Sanskrit",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Vedic Sanskrit",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "12 16 1 3 2 3 11 3 4 5 8 5 3 20 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I have examined you by creating an illusion",
"ref": "Kālīdāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 2.62",
"roman": "mayā māyāṃ udbhāvyā parīkṣitaḥ asi",
"text": "मया मायां उद्भाव्या परीक्षितः असि"
}
],
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"illusion, deception, trickery, demonic magic"
],
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"Classical Sanskrit",
"Classical Sanskrit"
],
[
"illusion",
"illusion"
],
[
"deception",
"deception"
],
[
"trickery",
"trickery"
],
[
"demonic",
"demonic"
],
[
"magic",
"magic"
]
],
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"(Vedic, Classical Sanskrit) illusion, deception, trickery, demonic magic"
],
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit",
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"an unreal or illusory image, phantom, apparition"
],
"id": "en-माया-sa-noun-Stuqje2C",
"links": [
[
"phantom",
"phantom"
],
[
"apparition",
"apparition"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Buddhism",
"orig": "sa:Buddhism",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"duplicity, one of the 24 minor evil passions"
],
"id": "en-माया-sa-noun-VSOlMz5v",
"links": [
[
"Buddhism",
"Buddhism"
],
[
"duplicity",
"duplicity"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Buddhism) duplicity, one of the 24 minor evil passions"
],
"topics": [
"Buddhism",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Philosophy",
"orig": "sa:Philosophy",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"illusion"
],
"id": "en-माया-sa-noun-FxqscsBP",
"links": [
[
"philosophy",
"philosophy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(philosophy) illusion"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Shaivism",
"orig": "sa:Shaivism",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 7 2 1 1 1 1 10 12 1 3 1 3 9 1 2 3 11 6 5 12 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"one of the 4 pāśas (“snares”) which entangle the soul"
],
"id": "en-माया-sa-noun-ntC0h9Vt",
"links": [
[
"Shaivism",
"Shaivism"
],
[
"pāśas",
"pāśa#English"
]
],
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"(Shaivism) one of the 4 pāśas (“snares”) which entangle the soul"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Vaishnavism",
"orig": "sa:Vaishnavism",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"one of the 9 shaktis (“energies”) of Vishnu"
],
"id": "en-माया-sa-noun-gWa2iZQ1",
"links": [
[
"Vaishnavism",
"Vaishnavism"
],
[
"shaktis",
"shakti#English"
],
[
"Vishnu",
"Vishnu"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Vaishnavism) one of the 9 shaktis (“energies”) of Vishnu"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"compassion, sympathy"
],
"id": "en-माया-sa-noun-1uM~jMs6",
"links": [
[
"compassion",
"compassion"
],
[
"sympathy",
"sympathy"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 7 2 1 1 1 1 10 12 1 3 1 3 9 1 2 3 11 6 5 12 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 13 12 1 2 1 2 13 1 1 2 8 7 4 18 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 16 1 3 2 3 11 3 4 5 8 5 3 20 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 13 1 16 2 3 6 2 3 6 6 2 3 12 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Operculina turpethum (Convolvulus turpethum)"
],
"id": "en-माया-sa-noun-s2aPKgjs"
},
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Poetry",
"orig": "sa:Poetry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "6 14 1 18 2 3 5 3 3 7 5 2 3 9 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 13 1 16 2 3 6 2 3 6 6 2 3 12 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"name of two poetic meters"
],
"id": "en-माया-sa-noun-JfJlfsFK",
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[
"poetry",
"poetry"
]
],
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"(poetry) name of two poetic meters"
],
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"communications",
"journalism",
"literature",
"media",
"poetry",
"publishing",
"writing"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/mɑː.jɑ́ː/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑː.jɑː/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
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}
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"2": "Maya",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: Maya",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: Maya"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "мая",
"3": "",
"4": "distract, enchant, delay"
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"source": "declension",
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"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाम्",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "मायया",
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"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "माया1",
"roman": "māyā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "मायायै",
"roman": "māyā́yai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायाः",
"roman": "māyā́yāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायै2",
"roman": "māyā́yai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायाः",
"roman": "māyā́yāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायै2",
"roman": "māyā́yai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायाम्",
"roman": "māyā́yām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "माये",
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"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
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"n": "s"
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"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 16 1 3 2 3 11 3 4 5 8 5 3 20 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"The name of several goddesses (Illusion personified, Lakshmi)"
],
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"personified",
"personify"
],
[
"Lakshmi",
"Lakshmi"
]
]
},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit female given names",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit given names",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "1 2 1 7 2 1 1 1 1 10 12 1 3 1 3 9 1 2 3 11 6 5 12 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 16 1 3 2 3 11 3 4 5 8 5 3 20 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 14 1 18 2 3 5 3 3 7 5 2 3 9 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 13 1 16 2 3 6 2 3 6 6 2 3 12 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a female given name, equivalent to English Maya (famously held by the mother of the Buddha)"
],
"id": "en-माया-sa-name-H~ds1JSt",
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Maya",
"Maya#English"
],
[
"Buddha",
"Buddha"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Cities",
"orig": "sa:Cities",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a city"
],
"id": "en-माया-sa-name-oNShktmi",
"links": [
[
"city",
"city"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Poetry",
"orig": "sa:Poetry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "6 14 1 18 2 3 5 3 3 7 5 2 3 9 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 13 1 16 2 3 6 2 3 6 6 2 3 12 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"name of 2 sāmans"
],
"id": "en-माया-sa-name-r7zltzYY",
"links": [
[
"poetry",
"poetry"
],
[
"dual",
"dual"
],
[
"sāman",
"sāman"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetry, in the dual, māye indrasya) name of 2 sāmans"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the dual"
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"journalism",
"literature",
"media",
"poetry",
"publishing",
"writing"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɑː.jɑ́ː/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑː.jɑː/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "माया"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit feminine nouns",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit proper nouns",
"Sanskrit proper nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Sanskrit ā-stem nouns"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ban",
"2": "ᬫᬵᬬᬵ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Balinese: ᬫᬵᬬᬵ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Balinese: ᬫᬵᬬᬵ"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "māyā"
},
"expansion": "Pali: māyā",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pali: māyā"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "maya"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian: maya",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Indonesian: maya"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "maya"
},
"expansion": "Malay: maya",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Malay: maya"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "maya",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: maya",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: maya"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "माया",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: माया (māyā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: माया (māyā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lo",
"2": "ມາຍາ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lao: ມາຍາ (mā nyā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lao: ມາຍາ (mā nyā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ne",
"2": "माया",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Nepali: माया (māyā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Nepali: माया (māyā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "மாயை",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tamil: மாயை (māyai)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tamil: மாயை (māyai)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "มายา",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: มายา (maa-yaa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: มายา (maa-yaa)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "мая",
"3": "",
"4": "distract, enchant, delay"
},
"expansion": "Bulgarian мая (maja, “distract, enchant, delay”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Most likely a derivative of मा (mā, “measure, magic, binding, fettering”), though derivation from a seṭ-variant of मन् (man, “to think, suppose”) is also possible. Cognate with Bulgarian мая (maja, “distract, enchant, delay”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "māyā́",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-f",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "माया",
"roman": "māyā́",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "माये",
"roman": "māyé",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाः",
"roman": "māyā́ḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाम्",
"roman": "māyā́m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "माये",
"roman": "māyé",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाः",
"roman": "māyā́ḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मायया",
"roman": "māyáyā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "माया1",
"roman": "māyā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाभ्याम्",
"roman": "māyā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाभिः",
"roman": "māyā́bhiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायै",
"roman": "māyā́yai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाभ्याम्",
"roman": "māyā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाभ्यः",
"roman": "māyā́bhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायाः",
"roman": "māyā́yāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायै2",
"roman": "māyā́yai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाभ्याम्",
"roman": "māyā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाभ्यः",
"roman": "māyā́bhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायाः",
"roman": "māyā́yāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायै2",
"roman": "māyā́yai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "माययोः",
"roman": "māyáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "मायानाम्",
"roman": "māyā́nām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायाम्",
"roman": "māyā́yām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "माययोः",
"roman": "māyáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "मायासु",
"roman": "māyā́su",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "माये",
"roman": "mā́ye",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "माये",
"roman": "mā́ye",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाः",
"roman": "mā́yāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "f",
"tr": "māyā́"
},
"expansion": "माया • (māyā́) stem, f",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "māyā́"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Vedic Sanskrit"
],
"glosses": [
"art, wisdom, inhuman or supernatural power"
],
"links": [
[
"art",
"art"
],
[
"wisdom",
"wisdom"
],
[
"inhuman",
"inhuman"
],
[
"supernatural",
"supernatural"
],
[
"power",
"power"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Vedic) art, wisdom, inhuman or supernatural power"
],
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Vedic Sanskrit"
],
"glosses": [
"love, affection"
],
"links": [
[
"love",
"love"
],
[
"affection",
"affection"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Vedic) love, affection"
],
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Classical Sanskrit",
"Sanskrit terms with quotations",
"Vedic Sanskrit"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I have examined you by creating an illusion",
"ref": "Kālīdāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 2.62",
"roman": "mayā māyāṃ udbhāvyā parīkṣitaḥ asi",
"text": "मया मायां उद्भाव्या परीक्षितः असि"
}
],
"glosses": [
"illusion, deception, trickery, demonic magic"
],
"links": [
[
"Classical Sanskrit",
"Classical Sanskrit"
],
[
"illusion",
"illusion"
],
[
"deception",
"deception"
],
[
"trickery",
"trickery"
],
[
"demonic",
"demonic"
],
[
"magic",
"magic"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Vedic, Classical Sanskrit) illusion, deception, trickery, demonic magic"
],
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit",
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"an unreal or illusory image, phantom, apparition"
],
"links": [
[
"phantom",
"phantom"
],
[
"apparition",
"apparition"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"sa:Buddhism"
],
"glosses": [
"duplicity, one of the 24 minor evil passions"
],
"links": [
[
"Buddhism",
"Buddhism"
],
[
"duplicity",
"duplicity"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Buddhism) duplicity, one of the 24 minor evil passions"
],
"topics": [
"Buddhism",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"sa:Philosophy"
],
"glosses": [
"illusion"
],
"links": [
[
"philosophy",
"philosophy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(philosophy) illusion"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"sa:Shaivism"
],
"glosses": [
"one of the 4 pāśas (“snares”) which entangle the soul"
],
"links": [
[
"Shaivism",
"Shaivism"
],
[
"pāśas",
"pāśa#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Shaivism) one of the 4 pāśas (“snares”) which entangle the soul"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"sa:Vaishnavism"
],
"glosses": [
"one of the 9 shaktis (“energies”) of Vishnu"
],
"links": [
[
"Vaishnavism",
"Vaishnavism"
],
[
"shaktis",
"shakti#English"
],
[
"Vishnu",
"Vishnu"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Vaishnavism) one of the 9 shaktis (“energies”) of Vishnu"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"compassion, sympathy"
],
"links": [
[
"compassion",
"compassion"
],
[
"sympathy",
"sympathy"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
],
"glosses": [
"Operculina turpethum (Convolvulus turpethum)"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"sa:Poetry"
],
"glosses": [
"name of two poetic meters"
],
"links": [
[
"poetry",
"poetry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetry) name of two poetic meters"
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"journalism",
"literature",
"media",
"poetry",
"publishing",
"writing"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɑː.jɑ́ː/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑː.jɑː/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "माया"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit feminine nouns",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit proper nouns",
"Sanskrit proper nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Sanskrit ā-stem nouns"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Maya",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: Maya",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: Maya"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "мая",
"3": "",
"4": "distract, enchant, delay"
},
"expansion": "Bulgarian мая (maja, “distract, enchant, delay”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Most likely a derivative of मा (mā, “measure, magic, binding, fettering”), though derivation from a seṭ-variant of मन् (man, “to think, suppose”) is also possible. Cognate with Bulgarian мая (maja, “distract, enchant, delay”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "māyā́",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-f",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "माया",
"roman": "māyā́",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायाम्",
"roman": "māyā́m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायया",
"roman": "māyáyā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "माया1",
"roman": "māyā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायै",
"roman": "māyā́yai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायाः",
"roman": "māyā́yāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायै2",
"roman": "māyā́yai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायाः",
"roman": "māyā́yāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायै2",
"roman": "māyā́yai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मायायाम्",
"roman": "māyā́yām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "माये",
"roman": "mā́ye",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "f",
"tr": "māyā́"
},
"expansion": "माया • (māyā́) stem, f",
"name": "sa-proper noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "māyā́",
"n": "s"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"The name of several goddesses (Illusion personified, Lakshmi)"
],
"links": [
[
"personified",
"personify"
],
[
"Lakshmi",
"Lakshmi"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit female given names",
"Sanskrit given names"
],
"glosses": [
"a female given name, equivalent to English Maya (famously held by the mother of the Buddha)"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Maya",
"Maya#English"
],
[
"Buddha",
"Buddha"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"sa:Cities"
],
"glosses": [
"a city"
],
"links": [
[
"city",
"city"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"sa:Poetry"
],
"glosses": [
"name of 2 sāmans"
],
"links": [
[
"poetry",
"poetry"
],
[
"dual",
"dual"
],
[
"sāman",
"sāman"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetry, in the dual, māye indrasya) name of 2 sāmans"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the dual"
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"journalism",
"literature",
"media",
"poetry",
"publishing",
"writing"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɑː.jɑ́ː/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑː.jɑː/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "माया"
}
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Shaivism",
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"माया"
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"title": "माया",
"trace": ""
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Shaivism",
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"माया"
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"trace": ""
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Vaishnavism",
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"माया"
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"trace": ""
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"माया"
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"title": "माया",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: poetry, in the dual, māye indrasya",
"path": [
"माया"
],
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"title": "माया",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: poetry, in the dual, māye indrasya",
"path": [
"माया"
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"title": "माया",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Sanskrit dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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