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- 5 dictionary resultsma⋅ya
[mah-yah, -yuh]
–noun Hinduism.
| 1. | the power, as of a god, to produce illusions. |
| 2. | the production of an illusion. |
| 3. | (in Vedantic philosophy) the illusion of the reality of sensory experience and of the experienced qualities and attributes of oneself. |
| 4. | (initial capital letter ) Also called Mahamaya. a goddess personifying the power that creates phenomena. |
Origin:
1815–25; < Skt
1815–25; < Skt

Related forms:
mayan, adjective
Ma⋅ya
[mah-yuh]
noun, plural -yas, (especially collectively
) -ya, adjective –noun
| 1. | a member of a major pre-Columbian civilization of the Yucatán Peninsula that reached its peak in the 9th century a.d. and produced magnificent ceremonial cities with pyramids, a sophisticated mathematical and calendar system, hieroglyphic writing, and fine sculpture, painting, and ceramics. |
| 2. | a member of a modern American Indian people of southern Mexico, Guatemala, and parts of Honduras who are the descendants of this ancient civilization. |
| 3. | any of the Mayan languages; the historical and modern languages of the Mayas. |
–adjective
| 4. | Mayan. |
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Maya
Ma"ya\ (m[aum]"y[aum]), n. (Hindoo Philos.) The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Maya
Spanish:
levadura,
German:
die Hefe,
Japanese:
酵母
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