Maya
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Maya may refer to:
People, languages, numerical systems
Religion and mythology
- Maya religion, the religious practices of the Maya peoples of parts of Mexico and Central America
- Maya (illusion), in Hinduism and Sikhism, the principal concept which manifests, perpetuates and governs the illusion and dream of duality in the phenomenal Universe
- Mayasura, a Hindu demon often known by the name Maya
- Maya (mother of Buddha), the mother of the historical Buddha
- Mahamaya-tantra, "Great Maya tantra", a Vajrayana Buddhist Tantra & meditational deity
Historical persons or events
- Battle of Maya, a 1813 battle of the Peninsular War, between British and French forces
- Maya (Egyptian) (13th century BC), the treasurer to Pharaoh Tutankhamun of Egypt
- Maya (Korean singer) (b. 1979), K-Pop singer
- Maya Angelou (b. 1928), African-American author and poet
- Maya Bond (b. 2000), Japanese American singer
- Maya Bouskilla (b. 1977), Israeli singer
- Maya Deren (1917-1961), American avant-garde filmmaker
- Maya Dolas (1966-1991), Indian gangster
- Maya Gabeira (b. 1987), Brazilian surfer
- Maya Gold (b. 1981), stage name of a Hungarian pornographic actress
- Maya Lin (b. 1959), American architect and sculptor, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Maya Mishalska (b. 1974), Mexican actress
- Maya Moore (b. 1989), American basketball player
- Maya Plisetskaya (b. 1925), Russian ballerina
- Maya Ritter (b. 1993), Canadian actress
- Maya Rudolph (b. 1972), American actress and Saturday Night Live cast member
- Maya Simantov (b. 1982), Israeli singer
- Maya Soetoro-Ng (b. 1970), half-sister of U.S. President Barack Obama
- Sona Maya Jobarteh (b. 1983), Malian kora player
Geographical locations
- Maya, Western Australia, a location in Western Australia
- Maya Biosphere Reserve, a nature reservation in northern Guatemala
- Maya Karimata, an island in West Borneo, Indonesia
- Maya Mountains, a range in Guatemala and Belize
- Maya River, a river in the region of Sakha, Russia
- Mount Maya, a mountain in Kobe, Japan and the namesake of the Navy cruiser
- Yogmaya Temple in New Delhi, India
Technology
Culture and art
Fictional characters
- Maya, the original name given to Aelita (Code Lyoko) in the TV show Code Lyoko
- Maya, the alter ego of Marvel Comics superhero Paragon. See Paragon (comics)
- Maya, a character in Battlestar Galactica. See List of minor characters in Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
- Maya (Space: 1999), an alien character on the television series Space: 1999
- Maya the Magnificent, the title elephant of the 1966 film and 1967 Maya (TV series) scripted by Jalal Din
- Maya Amano, a player character from videogame Persona 2
- Maya the Bee, a character in a German and Czech children's book and television series
- Maya Chinn, a character from the American daytime soap opera Passions. See Minor Passions characters
- Maya Do'Urden, a sister of Drizzt Do'Urden in Forgotten Realms. See House Do'Urden
- Maya Fey, a character from the Ace Attorney videogame series. See List of characters in the Ace Attorney series
- Maya Gallo, a character in the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me
- Maya Herrera, a character in the NBC drama series, Heroes
- Maya of Mirinoi, the Yellow Ranger in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy. See Galaxy Power Rangers.
- Maya Santos, a character from the children's animated series Maya & Miguel
Art, film, literature, music
- Maya, a 1999 book by Jostein Gaarder
- Maya, a song by the Incredible String Band from the 1968 album Wee Tam and the Big Huge
- Maya (Banco de Gaia album), 1994 release by Banco de Gaia
- MAYA (M.I.A. album), or /\/\/\Y/\, the 2010 album by M.I.A.
- Maya (film), a 2001 film by Digvijay Singh
- Maya (1966 film), an American film starring Sajid Khan, Jay North, and Clint Walker
- Maya (TV series), a US television adventure series that ran from 1967 to 1968 and was a follow-up to the 1966 film
- Maya, a 1989 film by Marcello Avallone
- The Maya Calendar and the European Agenda, a documentary film about Prodesis by Mirrormundo
- Maya TV, television channel in Honduras
- Maya Lokam, 1945 Telugu film.
- Māya Love, a 1974 song by George Harrison from his album Dark Horse
- Maya Memsaab, a 1992 Bollywood movie directed by Ketan Mehta
- Maya with Doll, a 1938 painting by Pablo Picasso of his daughter Maya
- Tamperer featuring Maya, a British pop group
Other
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