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""""""""""""""20 THE DOCTRINE OF MAYAout that the word mayais here also used in thesame sense ofillusion."appearance/(In onepassage, however, it means supernatural power/*ii.12.)The Karika contains sixteen passages altogetherin which the word may a occurs. Out of these, PartIII contributes no less than six passages, Part IVcontributing four, and each of the other two partscontributing three,svapnamayasarupeti srstir anyair vikalpita,"where the world is likened to a world of dreams andto illusion, both of which are false.anadimayaya supto yada jivah prabudhyate(i. 16),where the cosmic illusion under the influence ofwhich the individual feels as ifof as beginningless.asleepisspokenMayamatram idam dvaitam advaitam(i- 17),paramarthatahwhere the duality, i.e., the multiplicity of which theword iscomposed,is declared mere illusion.Kalpayaty atmanatmanam atma devah svamayaya"(ii. 12),where mayais said to be the Lord s ownwondrousHere the sense of such apower." supernaturalpower is maintained. But, as will be shown presently, the two ideas are closely allied to each