maya
IPA: mˈaɪʌ
Root Word: Maya
noun
- A member or descendant of various peoples:
- a flourishing Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala from the 3rd century to the 9th century.
- various Mesoamerican peoples that continued in competing civilizations from the 10th century onward until conquered by Spain
- various Mesoamerican peoples living in the Spanish Empire, and now parts of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras
- a variety of Mesoamerican peoples with farming from around 1000 BC onward, who developed a large civilization from the 3rd century onward
- The Yucatec Maya language.
- Any of the other various Mayan languages, such as Quiché, Mam and Tzotzil.
- A female given name from Hebrew of modern usage.
- In Sanskrit, illusion; God's physical and metaphysical creation (literally, "not this").
- A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- (Buddhism) The mother of Gautama Buddha.
- (Hindu mythology) Magic; supernatural power as held by the gods.
- (Hinduism, Buddhism) The power by which the universe is made to appear; the illusion of the phenomenal world, as opposed to its true or spiritual reality.
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Examples of "maya" in Sentences
- The Maya related pottery was polychrome.
- Honey is the only known sweetener in the Maya diet.
- The Maya placed jade beads in the mouth of the dead.
- The Maya predominate in the Toledo District of Belize.
- It's become a given of popular belief, Maya or no Maya.
- Arboriculture was another important part of the Maya diet.
- The calendar Round is not the coincidence of the three Maya calendars.
- During their mealtime, Maya noted Troy's consumption of too much food.
- The Maya probably planted thorn bushes at the bottom to dissuade intruders.
- The Maya were known to use the green form of the jadeite for their carvings.
- He would also showed us relevant videos and tell us how to break them down in maya.
- Believing that is roughly what the orient has been calling maya for the last several millennia.
- The word maya repeated in verses 14 to 18 is explained by Nilakantha as having the sense of mattah.
- O greatly fortunate Vidura, this external energy is known as maya or illusion, and through her agency only is the entire material manifestation made possible.
- The material nature, known as maya, is both the material and efficient cause of the cosmos, but in the background the Lord is the consciousness for all activities.
- April 30th, 2008 3: 33 pm ET maya is a great woman, who is very intelligient. the fact that she supports hillary is courageous. maya's opinion is very important. this woman is an icon!
- : -) Maya padruga or padruga maya is correct when referring to "my female friend" in third person, but when you address one, regardless of that actual person's gender, oddly enough it remains masculine "moi droog" or drug moi.
- The characters, for instance, in The Financial Expert (1952) ” small-time con men, greedy landlords, ingrate children, embittered parents, unhappy wives, exploited villagers ” are like people locked in a trance, in what the Hindus call maya: the immense illusion of existence.
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