मायिन्

Sanskrit

Etymology

माया (māyā, “illusion”) +‎ -इन् (-in, “possessing”)

Adjective

मायिन् • (māyin)

deceptive, guileful, illusory, skilled in enchantment (RV., AV., ŚvetUp.)
subject to illusion (BhP.)

Noun

मायिन् • (māyin) stem, m

magician, juggler (Kathās.)
trickster, cheat (W.)

Noun

मायिन् • (māyin) stem, n

magic (BhP.)
gallnut (L.)

Proper noun

मायिन् • (māyin) m

an epithet of various gods (L.)
1. of Brahmā
2. of Shiva
3. of Vishnu
4. of Kāma

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मायिन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0811.

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