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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
good behaviour 15
mantra 15
rebirth, transmigration 14
Creation of the world 14
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu 14
jātaka, avadāna 13
Sāṃkhya 13
linguistic speculation 12
Dāruvana 11
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 11
Tīrthas 11
Agni 11
King, rājanīti 11
Cosmogony 10
Kaṃsa 10
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 9
avatāras 9
Varuṇa 9
Kṛṣṇa 9
Women 8
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras 8
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 8
Genealogies 7
Dharmaśāstra 7
Birth, childhood, and youth 7
sahasranāman 6
Vedic metres, prosody 6
Pradyumna 6
Pashupata Shaivism 6
dharma 6
Viśve devāḥ 5
pralaya, destruction of the world 5
Churning of the Milk Ocean 5
Soma 5
worship 5
Mitra 5
Tripura 5
inundation 4
Aśvins 4
narrative literature 4
Soma sacrifice 4
fighting 4
Cosmogony (gen.) 4
aśvamedha, hayamedha 4
Rāmāyaṇa 4
Vṛtra and Indra 3
Śrīvidyā 3
Liberation, mokṣa, release 3
Himālaya 3
gambling 3
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 3
ghost, monster, demon 3
ātman 3
Vṛtra 3
dīkṣā 3
Underworld, hell, naraka 3
varṇas, castes 3
agnicayana 3
weapons, arms 3
riddle hymns 3
yuga theory 3
Religion and Philosophy 3
Public disasters, catastrophies 3
Sacrifice, yajña 3
for long life, longevity, old age 2
Ādityas 2
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī 2
karman doctrine 2
Sunda and Upasunda 2
uktha 2
Politics 2
prāyaścitta 2
Maruts 2
Skanda 2
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 2
marriage, wedding 2
Prajāpati's children 2
against sorcery 2
triguṇa 2
Pṛthu and the Earth 2
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 2
Grammar 2
Moral literature 2
Kṣatriya 2
twelve-day Soma rite 2
Poetology 2
penance, prāyaścitta 2
pravargya 2
Cosmology 2
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits 2
religious speculation, mystic 2
Yoga 2
truth, satya, ṛta 2
Medicine 2
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity 2
Dhruva aka. Polar Star 2
against quarrel at home, in the family 1
Pūṣan 1
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa 1
Bṛhaspati 1
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech 1
Atharvaveda 1
āhavanīya 1
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) 1
Tvaṣṭṛ 1
Ṛbhus 1
Uṣas 1
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 1
brahman 1
deities of the moon, nights 1
for potency 1
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth 1
for luck in gambling 1
for protection, safety, and luck 1
Candra, Candramas, moon 1
Vedic hymns, śastras 1
for success, authority 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
Geography 1
Brideship and marriage 1
Nyāya 1
Time 1
Family 1
Law 1
dhanurveda 1
hathayoga 1
Lexicography 1
Logic 1
subhāṣita 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
Paraśurāma 1
non-attachment 1
bad behaviour 1
Pārvatī 1
Tāraka 1
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 1
State finances 1
āpaddharma 1
army 1
kṛcchra 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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