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an Ill•Usance

माया • (māyā́) f

1. (Vedic) art, wisdom, inhuman or supernatural power
2. (Vedic, Classical Sanskrit) illusion, deception, trickery, demonic magic 
3. an unreal or illusory image, phantom, apparition
4. (Buddhism) duplicity, one of the 24 minor evil passions
5. (philosophy) illusion
6. (Shaivism) one of the 4 pāśas (“snares”) which entangle the soul
7. (Vaishnavism) one of the 9 Shaktis (“energies”) of Vishnu
8. compassion, sympathy
9. Operculina turpethum (Convolvulus turpethum)
10. (Poetry) name of two poetic meters