Maya

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Maya (Sanskrit माया māyāa[›]), in Indian religions,
has multiple meanings, ... .

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The word origin of maya is derived from the Sanskrit
roots ma ("not") and ya, generally translated as an
indicative article meaning "that".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_%28Hinduism%29

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Here is another mention about the meaning of maya.

Quote:

The basic recurring theme in Hindu mythology is
the creation of the world by the self-sacrifice of God
- ‘sacrifice’ in the original sense of ‘making sacred’ -
whereby God becomes the world which, in the end,
becomes again God. This creative activity of the
Divine is called lila, the play of God, and the world is
seen as the stage of the divine play. Like most of
Hindu mythology, the myth of lila has a strong mag-
ical flavour. Brahman is the great magician who
transforms himself into the world and the performs
this feat with his ‘magic creative power’, which is
the original meaning of maya in the Rig Veda. The
word maya - one of the most important terms in
Indian philosopy - has changed its meaning over
the centuries. From the might, or power, of the
divine actor and magician, it came to signify the
psychological state of anybody under the spell of
the magic play. [....] [—Fritjof Capra, The Tao of
Physics (1975)]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila

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My comments:

That was interesting about the definition for maya
allegedly changing its meaning over the centuries.

Etznab