Maya (Māyā)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Alternate Spellings: Māyā

Short Description: “artifice, illusion”; in Advaita Vedānta, the beguiling concealment of Brahma

Long Description: “artifice, illusion”; in Advaita Vedānta, the beguiling concealment of Brahma in the form or under the appearance of a lower reality.

Sources: The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger