[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.758 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.758 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.758 - **Language:** English ### [c8.758](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.758) MĀYĀ. 1) General information. A consort of Mahāviṣṇu, Māyā has got a very prominent place in Hindu Purāṇas. The Purāṇas state that this whole universe is unreal, illusory and if we feel it real it is because of the working of this Māyā. - [Previous: c8.757](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.757) - [Next: c8.759](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.759) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.758](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.758) · Pramāṇa