References : Maya

[1] MW – Dictionary

[2] Apte – Dictionary

[3] P. 19 – ‘Philosophies of India’ by Heinrich Zimmer – Motilal B. Das 1990

[4] ‘The Nighantu & The Nirukta’ by Lakshman Sarup – Motilal B. Das 1984

[5] ‘Myths and Symbols in India Art and Civilization’ by Heinrich Zimmer – Motilal B. Das 1990

[6] The reader should at this point refer to ‘The Cloud’ by P.B.Shelley – this beautiful poem likens the entire concept of Māyā to the progress of a Cloud in the sky.

[7] See Introduction of – ‘The Principal Upanishads’ by S.Radhakrishnan – 1992 (Centenary Ed.) Oxford Press

[8] See Page 121 of hyperlinked text of this article for the definition of illusion, delusion and hallucination.

[9] Great Britannica Books – Vol.7- Plato – Pg. 388 “Allegory of the Cave”

[10] This statement is mathematically reinforced by Kurt Gödel in his “Incompleteness Theorem”

[11] Īśāvāsya Upanishad by Swami Chinmayanda

[12] Śatapatha Brāhmana (madhyāndin recension) by Nag Publishers

[13] Sacred Books of the East – Vol. 43 Page 52

[14] See the section on ‘The Metres and the Melodies’ in the book – “The Etymologies in the Śatapatha Brāhmana” by Dr. Nargis Verma – Nag Pub.

[15] dyauh ( VaO: ) – is derived also from the stem dyo ( d\ + [[ + A] + A + ] ) – in which case it is declined as ‘go’ and is its nominative-singular ; div ( d\ + [ + [] + A] ) is used before a vowel ; dyu ( d\ + [[ + A] + ] ) is used before a consonant.

[16] For the ten avatars of Lord Vishnu see: http://members.tripod.com/~srinivasp/mythology/avatars.html

[17] Zeno’s paradox also deals with infinitesimal intervals of space and time – see the main article linked above