accusative singular of māyā (feminine noun)
Etymology. Root √mā 'to measure, form, fashion'; related to Sanskrit māyā (illusion in Advaita philosophy), and English 'measure' and 'moon' (the measurer of time). In Buddhist usage, māyā denotes the illusory nature of phenomena and the mind's creative deception.
Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.
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