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""""""""""6 THE DOCTRINE OF MAYAbrings out the same sense of prajnaplaining adhenva carati mayayaisahimam u nu kavitamasya4), 2 "andmay ammayam u tu yajniyanamvisva hi maya avasi svadhavahwhile ex(Nir. i. 6, 4), 1(Nir. vi. 3,(Nir. vii. 7, 5), 3(Nir.xii.2, 6). 4 We shall have occasion to see presentlyhow far Sayana sticks to this meaning in his monumental commentary on R.V. Without citing anymore lists of meanings, let us approach directlythe Sanskrit literature and the Vedas first inorder to judge the meaning correctly from the usageinthe context.After a careful examination of all the passageswhere the word occurs in any of its forms in thehuge bulk of R.V., we arrive at the following conclusions :i. As regards frequency of occurrence the formmost commonly met with is may ah 5 (nom. andace. pi.).It occurs no less than twenty-four times.Next in order comes mayay a 6 (instr. sing.), whichp. 134, 1. 8 ;vol. iii., published 1886, p. 190, 1. 2 ; p. 427,1. 10 ;vol. iv., p. 278,1. 10.1 Cf. Roth s ed. of Yaska si. 20 (p. 39). R.V. x. 71. 5.2Nirukta" Gottingen, 1852;Cf. Ibid. vi. 13 (p. 95-96). R.V. v. 85. 6.3 Cf. Ibid. vii. 27 (p. 124). R.V. x. S8. 6.*6Cf. Ibid. xii. 17 (p. 174). R.V. vi. 58. i.Cf. R.V. i.32. 4, 117. 3; ii. ii. 10, 27. 16 ;iii. 20.3, 53. 8 ;v. 2. 9, 31. 7, 40. 6, 40. 8 ;vi. 18. 9, 20. 4,22. 9, 44. 22, 45. 9, 58. i ;vii. I. 10, 98. 5, 99. 4 ; viii. 41. 8 ;x. 53-9, 73- 5, 99- 2, in. 6.6 Cf. R.V. i. 80. 7, 144. i, 160. 3 ; ii. 17. 5 ; iii.27. 7 ;