A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Maya
This page describes Maya which is located on page 312 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Maya” according to 174 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Bhagavatpadabhyudaya by Lakshmana Suri (study) [by Lathika M. P.]
Maya or Illusion. The theory of ‘maya is an important aspect of Shankara s philosophy. The conception of maya has a significant place in Vedantic view. The word maya appears in the ‘Brihadaranyakopanishad as a reference from the Rigveda. The ‘Prashna Upanishad maintains that to attain Brahman world one should not possess trickery (maya). Again ‘Shvetashvatara Upanishad outlines that through his maya, Brahma projected this world. He creates maya and the world is maya....
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Cidgaganacandrika (study) [by S. Mahalakshmi]
Three impurities (malas) reside in Maya as per Shaiva system and not in Svatantrya Shakti. Though being one, Svatantrya Shakti and Maya differ in the sense that Svatantrya Shakti is that state of energy which can produce the power of going down and coming up again, both at will, whereas Maya will only give you the strength of coming down and not the ability of rising up again. This is the reality of the state of Maya, which binds him....
Read full contents: Part 5 - Three Malas (impurities)
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) [by H. H. Wilson]
also signifies wisdom, intelligence,hence, may also mean the wise;Maya = deceivers, or asuras Details: Rishi (sage/seer): prajapatih [prajapati]; Devata (deity/subject-matter): indra:; Chandas (meter): nicrittrishtup ; Svara (tone/note): Swar; Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]: यु॒वम् ।...
Read full contents: Rig Veda 3.38.9
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