Maya

Maya may refer to:

Civilizations, languages, numerical systems

• The Maya people of southern Mexico and northern Central America
  • Maya civilization, their historical civilization
    • Maya art, the art of the Maya civilization
    • Maya numerals, the numeral system used by the Maya civilization
    • Maya calendar, the system of calendars and almanacs used in the Maya civilization
    • Maya script, the writing system of the Maya civilization
    • Maya society, social constructs and practices of the Maya civilization
  • Mayan languages, the family of languages spoken by the Maya
    • List of Mayan languages
    • Yucatec Maya language, a Mayan language frequently referred to simply as Maya
    • Yucatec Maya Sign Language, a sign language used by deaf and hearing people of rural villages of eastern Mexico and Guatemala
• Maya, an alternative name for the Pisabo language found in the Amazon basin of Peru and Brazil
• Ma'ya language, an Austronesian language of West Papua
• Badimaya language, an Aboriginal language of Australia, also known as "Parti-Maya"

Religion and mythology

• Maya religion, the religious practices of the Maya peoples of parts of Mexico and Central America
  • Maya mythology, the myths and legends of the Maya civilization
• Maya (Buddhist mental factor)
• Maya (illusion), in Hinduism and Buddhism, the misperception of reality
• Maya (mother of Buddha) (died 563 BC), mother of the historical Buddha
• Maya can be an alternate spelling of the Greek or Roman goddess Maia
• Mahamaya-tantra, "Great Maya tantra", a Vajrayana Buddhist Tantra and meditational deity
• Mayasura, a Hindu demon often known by the name Maya

Historical persons and events

For people with "Maya" as a given or first name, see Maya (given name).

• Maya (High Priest of Amun), a High Priest of Amun until at least year four of Akhenaten
• Maya (Treasurer) (13th century BC), the treasurer to Pharaohs Tutankhamun, Ay, and Horemheb of Egypt
• Maya (singer) (born 1979), K-Pop singer
• Maya (musician) (born 1979), vocalist of Japanese visual kei band LM.C
• Battle of Maya, an 1813 battle of the Peninsular War, between British and French forces

Geography

• Maya, Western Australia
• Maya, an alternative transliteration of Al Maya, a town in Libya
• Maya Biosphere Reserve, a nature reservation in Guatemala
• Maya Karimata, an island in West Borneo, Indonesia
• Maya Mountains, a mountain range in Guatemala and Belize
• Maya River, a river in the region of Sakha, Russia
• Maya Subdistrict of Guichi District, China
• Amaiur o Maya, a village in Baztan, Spain, and site of the 1813 Battle of Maya
• Mount Maya, a mountain in Kobe, Japan
• La Maya (mountain), in the Alps
• Yogmaya Temple in New Delhi, India

Technologie

• Japanese cruiser Maya of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Japanese gunboat Maya, the lead ship of the Maya-class gunboats of the early Imperial Japanese Navy
• Maya, the NATO reporting name for Aero L-29 Delfín, a Czech military jet trainer aircraft
• Autodesk Maya, a computer program for creating 3D graphics
• Washburn Maya Signature Series, a series of six-string electric guitars created by Washburn Guitars

Culture

Fictional characters

• Maya (comics), the Indian DC Comics super-heroine
• Maya (Killer Instinct), a character from video game Killer Instinct 2
• Maya (Power Rangers), the Yellow Ranger in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy
• Maya (Space: 1999), an alien character on the television series Space: 1999
• Maya Amano, a player character from videogame Persona 2
• Maya Chinn, a character from the American daytime soap opera Passions
• Maya Do'Urden, a sister of Drizzt Do'Urden in Forgotten Realms
• Maya Fey, a character from the Ace Attorney videogame series
• Maya Fisher, a character from the HBO TV show Six Feet Under
• Maya Gallo, a character in the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me
• Maya Herrera, a character in the NBC drama series, Heroes
• Maya Santos, a character from the children's animated series Maya & Miguel
• Maya Wilkes, a character from the American sitcom Girlfriends
• Maya the Bee, a 1912 character in a German children's book and later television series
• Maya, an alien in the TV series Maya (Space: 1999)
• Maya the Magnificent, the title elephant of the 1966 film and 1967 Maya, scripted by Jalal Din
• Maya, a character in Battlestar Galactica
• Maya, one of the six playable characters in the video game Borderlands 2
• Maya, the original name given to Aelita in Code Lyoko
• Maya, the alter ego of Marvel Comics superhero Paragon
• Maya, one of the main characters in Redakai: Conquer the Kairu
• Maya Torres, one of the playable characters in State Of Decay.
• Maya Ocean, one of the four pre-made mermaids in The Sims 3: Island Paradise.
• Maya Avant, a character from The Bold and the Beautiful.

Art, film, literature and music

Film and television

• Maya (1961 film), an Indian Hindi film starring Dev Anand, Mala Sinha and Lalita Pawar
• Maya (1966 film), an American film starring Sajid Khan, Jay North, and Clint Walker
• Maya (1972 film), an Indian Malayalam film
• Maya (1999 film), an Indian trilingual film directed by Rama Narayanan
• Maya (2001 film), an Indian Hindi film directed by Digvijay Singh
• Maya (2015 film), a Pakistani horror film
• Maya (2015 film), an upcoming film
• Maya (TV series), an American television series and sequel to the 1966 film
• Maya TV, a television channel in Honduras

Literature and art

• Maya, a 1999 book by Jostein Gaarder
• Maya (novel), a 2010 novel by Alastair Campbell
• Maya with Doll, a 1938 painting by Pablo Picasso of his daughter Maya

Music

• The Tamperer featuring Maya, an Italian pop group
• Maya (Banco de Gaia album), 1994
• Maya (Moheener Ghoraguli album), 1997
• MAYA (M.I.A. album), or /\/\/\Y/\, 2010
• "Maya", a song by the Incredible String Band from the 1968 album Wee Tam and the Big Huge
• "Māya Love", a 1974 song by George Harrison from his album Dark Horse
• "Maya", a track from the 2014 single Mel / Maya by Martin Roth

Other

• C.D. Maya, a football club in El Salvador
• MAYA, the acronym for "Most Advanced Yet Acceptable", a product design principle associated with Form follows function
• Maya (bird), a folk taxon for several bird species in the Philippines

See also

• Mayan (disambiguation)
• Maia (disambiguation)
• Maja (disambiguation)
• Mya (disambiguation)