Mayodaka, Māyodaka, Maya-udaka: 1 definition
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Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra SuriMāyodaka (मायोदक) refers to the “illusion of water” (which arises when there is a mirage), as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 116, l. 21]—The synonym ‘māyājala’ occurs on p. 249, ll. 19 & 21.
Rāmānujācārya has mentioned the following illusions in his Śrī-bhāṣya (p. 187-8) on 1.1.1:
(i) A white conch seen yellow by the jaundiced eye,
(ii) a crystal gem lying close to a china rose apprehended to be red,
(iii) a mirage,
(iv) the circle of fire produced by the rotation of a fire-brand,
(v) one’s own face in the mirror and such other things,
(vi) a direction in space,
(vii) two moons,
(viii) timira and such misguiding causes.
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