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Lemma: māyā (f)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
an unreal or illusory image (MW)
art (MW)
deception (MW)
duplicity (MW)
extraordinary or supernatural power (only in the earlier language) (MW)
fraud (MW)
illusion (MW)
name of 2 Sāmans (MW)
phantom (MW)
sorcery (MW)
trick (MW)
unreality (MW)
wisdom (MW)
witchcraft magic (MW)
Topic
Frequency
war 120
Kashmirian Shivaism 105
Mahāyāna 77
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 45
Mahābhārata 42
Indra 38
Buddhism 34
avatāras 29
Shivaism, Śiva 25
Buddha's life 24
Alchemy 24
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 23
Pradyumna 18
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 17
Bhakti 16
good behaviour 15
mantra 15
Creation of the world 14
jātaka, avadāna 14
rebirth, transmigration 14
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu 14
Sāṃkhya 13
linguistic speculation 12
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 11
King, rājanīti 11
Tīrthas 11
Agni 11
Dāruvana 11
Cosmogony 10
Kaṃsa 10
Birth, childhood, and youth 10
Kṛṣṇa 10
Varuṇa 9
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 9
Genealogies 9
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras 8
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 8
Women 8
Dharmaśāstra 7
Vedic metres, prosody 6
Pashupata Shaivism 6
dharma 6
Soma sacrifice 6
sahasranāman 6
agniṣṭoma 6
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa 6
Tripura 5
Mitra 5
Viśve devāḥ 5
pralaya, destruction of the world 5
worship 5
Soma 5
Churning of the Milk Ocean 5
Pṛthu and the Earth 4
inundation 4
fighting 4
Aśvins 4
aśvamedha, hayamedha 4
agnicayana 4
Grammar 4
Rāmāyaṇa 4
Cosmogony (gen.) 4
narrative literature 4
ātman 3
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 3
Liberation, mokṣa, release 3
Himālaya 3
Vṛtra 3
gambling 3
Religion and Philosophy 3
Lexicography 3
Śrīvidyā 3
Vṛtra and Indra 3
dīkṣā 3
weapons, arms 3
ghost, monster, demon 3
Public disasters, catastrophies 3
yuga theory 3
varṇas, castes 3
Underworld, hell, naraka 3
pravargya 3
Sacrifice, yajña 3
riddle hymns 3
Skanda 2
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits 2
Prajāpati's children 2
Dhruva aka. Polar Star 2
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity 2
against sorcery 2
religious speculation, mystic 2
Jarāsandha 2
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī 2
Balarāma 2
Sunda and Upasunda 2
Ādityas 2
Viṣṇu's sleep 2
Maruts 2
somakrayaṇī 2
uktha 2
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha 2
for long life, longevity, old age 2
Dvāravatī, Dvārakā 2
marriage, wedding 2
Language 2
Kṣatriya 2
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 2
Moral literature 2
truth, satya, ṛta 2
prāyaścitta 2
Politics 2
penance, prāyaścitta 2
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 2
Poetology 2
Yoga 2
Cosmology 2
karman doctrine 2
triguṇa 2
Medicine 2
Brideship and marriage 1
Nyāya 1
deities of the moon, nights 1
niṣkevalya śastra 1
Vedic hymns, śastras 1
for luck in gambling 1
Candra, Candramas, moon 1
Andhaka 1
for success, authority 1
Matsyāvatāra 1
for protection, safety, and luck 1
all-unity 1
Atharvaveda 1
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 1
ekāha 1
Mount Govardhana 1
Pralamba 1
aṃśāvatāra 1
hathayoga 1
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana 1
Raji 1
Saṃjñā and Vivasvant 1
kṛcchra 1
against quarrel at home, in the family 1
Time 1
dhanurveda 1
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana 1
āhavanīya 1
Law 1
Family 1
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) 1
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 1
for potency 1
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth 1
Uṣas 1
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 1
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 1
subhāṣita 1
Kirātārjunīya 1
Paraśurāma 1
army 1
fable 1
āpaddharma 1
State finances 1
Tāraka 1
Manu, manvantara 1
Varāha 1
long live, āyus 1
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara 1
Śrī, Lakṣmī 1
Pārvatī 1
bad behaviour 1
non-attachment 1
Noun derivation 1
svarga, heaven 1
dvīpa 1
Harivaṃśa 1
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech 1
brahman 1
Love 1
hunting 1
Ṛbhus 1
Tvaṣṭṛ 1
Customs and taxes 1
snāna, bathing 1
Urvaśī and Purūravas 1
Śvetadvīpa 1
Bṛhaspati 1
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 1
Pūṣan 1
Behaviour, politeness 1
pūjā 1
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs 1
Logic 1
Geography 1
Astronomy 1
Concept Notes Count magic trick an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers 38 Māyā the illusionary force that creates the image of the outer world 22 deception the act of deceiving 9 illusion deception by creating illusory ideas 5 disguise an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories" 2 māyā [word] the word māyā 1 trick a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it" 1
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