Maya is also the name of an Asura, who was the father-in-law of the Lord of Lanka, Ravana and the father of Mandodari. He is the archnemesis of Vishwakarma, the celestial architect of the Gods. His knowledge and skills are compatible with Vishwakarma. When Lanka was destroyed by Hanuman, it was the King of Demons, Maya, who had re-installed the beauty of that Island Kingdom.
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ranfuchs
Pro - 2008-01-09 @ 17:05:46
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- 2008-01-09 @ 19:45:46
I am not yet finished with presenting all the meanings of the word Maya, and I was about to make some sort of summary in the end, but here we go! Some basic core would be this Maya is repeatedly connected to fertility, birth and rebirth, creation, life and new life...and it is existing in various different cultures as a symbol of a divine mother. In herself Maya embodied all three aspects of the maternal trinity. Maya is one of those active powers: the constant movement of the universe, pervasive to the atomic level. Maya is a positive active force, and can be a mesh through which we perceive the ultimate reality of existence -- if we are not distracted by her magnificent creativeness and complexity. Hope I answered your question, I am still finding new things and thoughts about this and will write about them.
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- http://www.ramnathmemorialtrust.org/main.htm
- 2009-03-01 @ 20:19:52
It is interesting to know about Maya and his contribution in the great epic Ramayana. Though an interesting choice of subject, yet I feel it would have been nice if the article contained some more matter in it...
Naturally, the mythology was told to not to convey truth, but to convey a message, a concept, an idea. What is the core of the Maya idea, after we take all the mythology out?