Maya
n 1: a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize
and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak
between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding
architecture and pottery and astronomy; "Mayans had a
system of writing and an accurate calendar" [syn: Mayan,
Maya]
2: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya [syn:
Maya, Mayan, Mayan language]
maya nounEtymology: Sanskrit māyāDate: 1788
the sense-world of manifold phenomena held in Vedanta to conceal the unity
of absolute being; broadlyillusion
Maya noun (pluralMayaorMayas)
Etymology: Spanish Date: 1825 1.a. a Mayan language of the ancient Maya peoples recorded in
inscriptions b.Yucatec; especially the older form of
that language known from documents of the Spanish period
2. a member of a group of Indian peoples chiefly of Yucatán,
Belize, and Guatemala whose languages are Mayan
Maya n. 1 (pl. same or Mayas) a member of an ancient Indian people of Central America. 2 the language of this people. Derivatives: Mayan adj. & n. Etymology: native name
Maya \Ma"ya\ (m[aum]"y[aum]), n. (Hindoo Philos.)
The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called,
in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.
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