Maya
mythological figure · 2 works · 8 mentions · 9 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Māyā the idea
Māyā · Viśvakarman among dānavas · lord of dānavas
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Demon architect known for his magical illusion (māyā).
There Rāvaṇa placed dark-eyed Sītā, wholly overcome with grief and stupor, as Maya placed his demonic māyā.
"Maya by name—a great-spirited dānava of powerful illusion, the foremost among dānavas—by him all this golden forest was fashioned through māyā.
"That cave was fashioned by Maya's magic, and while we searched within it, the month that the king had fixed as our deadline passed.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Personified power/deity said to dispatch Bhava and Śarva against the great demon sorcerer.
May Bhava and Śarva, dispatched by Māyā, release their fiery weapon against him for his destruction.
for Māyā was born from Māyā, and Mātali arose from Māyā.