Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

‖

(mä′yä)

Noun.

(Hindu Philos.)

The name (in Vedantic philosphy) for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English,

idealism

; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.

See also: maya, Maya, maþa, and māyā

mayá

(Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of mayar.