माया

maya ek sanskrit shabd hai jisaka arth jadoogari ya bhram, samajh se pare hai. hiandoo darshan, vishesh roop se vedaant ki roodhivadi vyavastha ke advait mat aur mahayan bauddh sampraday mean ek adharabhoot avadharana hai. maya ko moolaroop se chamatkari shakti ke roop mean darshaya gaya tha, jisase devata manushy ko us bat ka vishvas dila dete haian, jo bad mean bhram sabit hoti hai. bad mean isaka vistrit arth ek shaktishali bal ho gaya, jo yah brahmaandiy bhram paida karata hai ki pratibhasik vishv vastavik hai. is prakar advaitavadiyoan ke lie maya vah brahmaandiy shakti hai, jo asimit brahm (sarvochch satta) ko simit pratibhasik sansar ke roop mean prastut karati hai. vaiyaktik star par maya, svayan ke vastavik svaroop ke prati manaviy ajnan (avidya) ke roop mean pratibianbit hoti hai, jise manushy anubhavajany 'ahan' samajhane ki galati karata hai, lekin jo asal mean brahma ke samaroop hai.