[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) › c8.759 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.759 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.759 - **Language:** English ### [c8.759](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.759) 2) Birth. How was Māyā born? Agni Purāṇa in its twentieth chapter gives a genealogy of Māyā. Hiṃsā (injury) is the wife of Adharma (evil). They got two children named Anṛta (falsehood) and Nikṛti (wickedness). From them were born Bhaya (fear), Naraka (hell) Māyā (illusion) and Vedanā (pain). Māyā in turn gave birth to Death, the destroyer of all pain produced from Hate or Misery. Mṛtyu (death) produced Vyādhi (disease), Jarā (rugosity), Śoka (sorrow), Tṛṣṇā (desire) and Krodha (anger). - [Previous: c8.758](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.758) - [Next: c8.760](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.760) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.759](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.759) · Pramāṇa