1. maya - Noun
2. Maya - Proper noun
The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAs soon as you know the voice and understand what it is, the whole scene changes. The same world which was the ghastly battlefield of maya is now changed into something good and beautiful. Swami Vivekananda
I am an English major in school with an emphasis in creative writing. I think hearing Maya Angelou speak at school last year was one of the best moments Stanford, at least, intellectually, had to offer. Fred Savage
To me it meant, just looking at it from a Maya point of view, it meant that Paul Miles is always moving laterally in his life. And she just wants him to take a couple of steps forward, you know? Virginia Madsen
Our tragic age demands poetry of courage and not whimpers about the inevitable end of all maya. Mulk Raj Anand
In the course of time one does not feel even the existence of God. After attaining enlightenment one sees that gods and deities are all Maya. Sarada Devi
"Art is an optimist,” Nadia said to Maya as they walked on. "Art is an idiot,” Maya replied. Kim Stanley Robinson