Maya definition

(hinduism) The power of a god or demon to transform a concept into an element of the sensible world.

The Mayan language of this people.

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.

In Hinduism, Buddhism, and certain other East Asian religions, the transitory, manifold appearance of the sensible world, which obscures the undifferentiated spiritual reality from which it originates; the illusory appearance of the sensible world.

Any of the Mayan languages, especially Quiché and Yucatec.

A member of a Mesoamerican Indian people inhabiting southeast Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, whose civilization reached its height around ad 300–900. The Maya are noted for their architecture and city planning, their mathematics and calendar, and their hieroglyphic writing system.

A modern-day descendant of this people.

A female given name of modern usage.

A female given name used in India.

Of the Maya or their language or culture; Mayan.

(hinduism) The goddess Devi, or Shakti, consort of Siva.

In Hinduism and Indian philosophy, the illusory world of the senses.