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Lemma: māyā (f)
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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 76
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 43
Mahābhārata 42
Indra 38
Buddhism 34
Shivaism, Śiva 25
Alchemy 24
Buddha's life 23
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 23
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 17
Bhakti 16
mantra 15
Creation of the world 14
good behaviour 14
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu 14
rebirth, transmigration 14
Sāṃkhya 13
jātaka, avadāna 13
linguistic speculation 12
King, rājanīti 11
Dāruvana 11
Tīrthas 11
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 11
Kaṃsa 10
Cosmogony 10
Agni 10
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 9
Kṛṣṇa 9
avatāras 9
Varuṇa 9
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras 8
Women 8
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 8
Birth, childhood, and youth 7
Dharmaśāstra 7
Genealogies 7
sahasranāman 6
Pradyumna 6
Pashupata Shaivism 6
Vedic metres, prosody 6
dharma 6
Mitra 5
worship 5
Tripura 5
Viśve devāḥ 5
Soma 5
Churning of the Milk Ocean 5
pralaya, destruction of the world 5
fighting 4
Soma sacrifice 4
narrative literature 4
inundation 4
Rāmāyaṇa 4
Cosmogony (gen.) 4
Aśvins 4
aśvamedha, hayamedha 4
Himālaya 3
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 3
ghost, monster, demon 3
gambling 3
Liberation, mokṣa, release 3
Vṛtra 3
Vṛtra and Indra 3
ātman 3
Śrīvidyā 3
Underworld, hell, naraka 3
Sacrifice, yajña 3
weapons, arms 3
Public disasters, catastrophies 3
riddle hymns 3
agnicayana 3
yuga theory 3
Religion and Philosophy 3
Yoga 2
Grammar 2
prāyaścitta 2
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 2
Skanda 2
marriage, wedding 2
twelve-day Soma rite 2
Prajāpati's children 2
Maruts 2
Dhruva aka. Polar Star 2
Pṛthu and the Earth 2
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī 2
uktha 2
Politics 2
Sunda and Upasunda 2
karman doctrine 2
varṇas, castes 2
Ādityas 2
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits 2
penance, prāyaścitta 2
triguṇa 2
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 2
pravargya 2
Moral literature 2
religious speculation, mystic 2
Kṣatriya 2
against sorcery 2
Cosmology 2
Medicine 2
truth, satya, ṛta 2
Poetology 2
for protection, safety, and luck 1
Candra, Candramas, moon 1
against quarrel at home, in the family 1
brahman 1
Bṛhaspati 1
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa 1
Pūṣan 1
for success, authority 1
Vedic hymns, śastras 1
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech 1
for luck in gambling 1
deities of the moon, nights 1
āhavanīya 1
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth 1
for potency 1
for material success, riches, wealth 1
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) 1
Tvaṣṭṛ 1
Ṛbhus 1
Atharvaveda 1
for long life, longevity, old age 1
Uṣas 1
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 1
Astronomy 1
fable 1
Śvetadvīpa 1
Matsyāvatāra 1
pūjā 1
Behaviour, politeness 1
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 1
snāna, bathing 1
Customs and taxes 1
Love 1
Harivaṃśa 1
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 1
Andhaka 1
Logic 1
Brideship and marriage 1
Nyāya 1
Time 1
Family 1
Law 1
dhanurveda 1
hathayoga 1
Lexicography 1
dīkṣā 1
Geography 1
dvīpa 1
hunting 1
Manu, manvantara 1
svarga, heaven 1
Kirātārjunīya 1
Varāha 1
long live, āyus 1
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara 1
Śrī, Lakṣmī 1
Noun derivation 1
all-unity 1
subhāṣita 1
non-attachment 1
bad behaviour 1
Pārvatī 1
Tāraka 1
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 1
State finances 1
āpaddharma 1
army 1
Paraśurāma 1
kṛcchra 1
Concept Notes Count magic trick an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers 36 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" 1 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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