Maya

Origin

From Sanskrit माया.

Full definition of maya

Noun

1. (Hindu mythology) Magic; supernatural power as held by the gods.
2. (Hinduism, Buddhism) The power by which the universe is made to appear; the illusion of the phenomenal world, as opposed to its true or spiritual reality.
• 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 58:Shankara prescribed meditative reflection, through which each individual could pierce the veil of maya and come to recognize the identity between his or her essence and the universal spirit.

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