1. ಮಾಯೆ

    ♪ māye
      noun
    1. the art of producing (by sleight of hand, optical illusion, etc.) apparently inexplicable phenomena; magic.
    2. the supposed art of influencing the course of events and of producing supernatural phenomena by the occult control on nature or on spirits; sorcery, witchcraft.
    3. the fact or condition of being deceived or deluded by appearances; a deception, a delusion; an illusion.
    4. ignorance, esp. spiritual ignorance; the divine play that causes this ignorance.
    5. the condition of being baffled, befuddled; utter confusion.
    6. compassion; empathy.
    7. the attachment caused by love; infatuation.
    8. Lakṣmi, the Goddess of Wealth.
    9. Pārvati, the principal energy of nature.
    10. name of a goddess who is the personification of divine illusion, a form of Pārvati.
    11. the sum total of all things in time and space; the entire physical universe; the nature.
    12. the faculty of knowing and reasoning; power of thought; understanding; analytic intelligence; intellect.
    13. arrogance; haughtiness; overbearing behaviour.
    14. stupidity; foolishness.
    15. (vīr.) illusion or infatuation considered as an impediment in the path of realisation.
    16. (Dvaita phil.) a mystical centre in the heart that is supposed to be in the form of a twelve-petalled lotus.
    17. (jain.) dishonesty or hypocrisy in the path of knowledge.