ALL meanings of maya
ma·ya
M m - noun maya the power, as of a god, to produce illusions. 1
- noun maya the production of an illusion. 1
- noun maya (in Vedantic philosophy) the illusion of the reality of sensory experience and of the experienced qualities and attributes of oneself. 1
- noun maya (initial capital letter). Also called Mahamaya. a goddess personifying the power that creates phenomena. 1
- noun plural maya 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. 1
- noun plural maya a member of a modern American Indian people of southern Mexico, Guatemala, and parts of Honduras who are the descendants of this ancient civilization. 1
- noun plural maya any of the Mayan languages; the historical and modern languages of the Mayas. 1
- abbreviation MAYA Mayan. 1
- noun maya The supernatural power wielded by gods and demons to produce illusions. 1
- noun maya illusion, esp the material world of the senses regarded as illusory 0
- noun maya the Hindu goddess of illusion, the personification of the idea that the material world is illusory 0
- noun maya a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan, Belize, and N Guatemala, having an ancient culture once characterized by outstanding achievements in architecture, astronomy, chronology, painting, and pottery 0
- noun maya the language of this people 0
- noun maya a member of an American Indian people found in Yucatán, Belize, and N Guatemala: the Maya had a highly developed civilization long before the arrival of Europeans early in the 16th cent. 0
- noun maya the Mayan language of this people 0
- adjective maya of the Maya or their language or culture; Mayan 0
- noun maya the goddess Devi, or Shakti, consort of Siva 0
- noun maya in Hinduism and Indian philosophy, the illusory world of the senses 0