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A 顿腻苍补惫补 king who served Devas and Asuras as their architect and builder.

General.

碍补艣测补辫补 笔谤补箩腻辫补迟颈, son of 惭补谤墨肠颈 and grandson of 叠谤补丑尘腻 married the thirteen daughters of 顿补办峁�a. Among them, the first was Aditi, the second was Diti and the third was Danu. 膧诲颈teyas were born to Aditi, Daityas were born to Diti and 顿腻苍补惫补s were born to Danu. The chief among the sons of Danu was Maya.

Maya was found to be very proficient in the art of architecture even from his boyhood. He worshipped 叠谤补丑尘腻 in the 贬颈尘腻濒补测补蝉 to gain unrivalled skill in architecture 叠谤补丑尘腻 was pleased and appeared before him. He blessed Maya to become the unequalled architect of the Devas. Asuras and 顿腻苍补惫补s. After that Maya was engaged in building magnificent mansions for Devas and Asuras. He was also anointed King of the 顿腻苍补惫补s.

It was a period of friendly co-operation and brotherly relations between Devas and Asuras. Once there was a dancing show in Devaloka. Maya was also invited to see the performance of the women of Devaloka. All the dancers acquitted themselves creditably. But what attracted Maya most, was the dance of 贬别尘腻, the 础辫蝉补谤腻 woman. Maya and 贬别尘腻 were mutually attracted and fell in love with each other. The Devas who came to know of this, gave 贬别尘腻 in marriage to Maya. (Uttara 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺).

Domestic life.

Maya and 贬别尘腻 went to the valley south of 贬颈尘补惫腻苍 and built there a city named "Hemapura". While leading a happy life there, two sons, 惭腻测腻惫墨 and Dundubhi were born to them. But they had no daughter. So they worshipped 艢颈惫补, praying for a daughter.

At about that time, one day, an 础辫蝉补谤腻 woman, 惭补诲丑耻谤腻, after observing 厂辞尘补惫腻谤补 Vrata, came to 艢颈惫补 and did obeisance to him. 笔腻谤惫补迟墨 was not at home at the moment. Fascinated by 惭补诲丑耻谤腻鈥檚 charm, 艢颈惫补 embraced her. 笔腻谤惫补迟墨 who came to know of it, cursed 惭补诲丑耻谤腻 and turned her into a frog. But she said that after twelve years, the curse would be lifted and she would become a woman again. It was in a well near the place where Maya and 贬别尘腻 were performing tapas that 惭补诲丑耻谤腻 fell as frog. After twelve years, the frog recovered her former shape as a woman. At that time Maya saw her, and taking her to be the daughter given to him by 艢颈惫补, took her with him to his palace. He gave her the name "惭补苍诲辞诲补谤墨". It was this "惭补苍诲辞诲补谤墨" whom 搁腻惫补峁嘺 married later.

Besides these three children, Maya had some other sons and daughters. In Dev墨 Bh膩gavata, 8th Skandha there is a reference to the 顿腻苍补惫补 named Bala, the son of Maya, living in Atala, a section of 笔腻迟腻濒补. In 碍补迟丑腻 sarits膩gara, Madanama帽cuk膩lambaka, 3rd 罢补谤补峁単补 we find that Maya had two daughters named 厂惫补测补尘辫谤补产丑腻 and 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻. Of them, 厂辞尘补辫谤补产丑腻 was married by 狈补濒补办奴产补谤补, the son of 痴补颈艣谤补惫补峁嘺.

Alliance with Arjuna and construction of Indraprastha.

Once 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 and Arjuna offered Kh膩峁囜笉avavana to Agnideva as a feast. (See under the word "Kh膩峁囜笉avad膩ha"). While Agni was furiously feeding upon the forests, the human and animal inhabitants in it began to flee from it. 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 and Arjuna shot them down with arrows. At that time Maya was hiding himself in the disguise of 罢补办峁�a办补. When the flames of fire approached that place Maya left his shelter and rushed out. 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 aimed his weapon Cakra at him. Crying aloud with fear, Maya ran to Arjuna praying for protection. Arjuna stopped Agnideva and 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 and thus saved Maya. (惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 膧诲颈 Parva, Chapter 240).

From that time, Maya became a loyal follower of Arjuna. After Kh膩峁囜笉avad膩ha, 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 and Arjuna were taking rest when Maya approached them with joined palms and asked Arjuna what he should do in return for saving him from the fury of 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 and the blazing fire. Arjuna replied that he expected no return from Maya for saving his life but wanted only his friendship. Maya was not satisfied. He insisted that Arjuna should accept some service from him as a token of his deep gratitude. On hearing this, 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 suggested that Maya should build a beautiful palace for the 笔腻峁囜笉补惫补蝉. Accordingly he built a magnificent palace for the 笔腻峁囜笉补惫补蝉 at the place called 碍丑腻峁囜笉补惫补辫谤补蝉迟丑补. (惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 厂补产丑腻 Parva, Chapter 1).

Maya settled down in Vindhya.

Once Maya sought shelter from 惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻. 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 offered shelter to Maya and so he built a mansion called "厂耻诲丑补谤尘腻" for all the Devas. It was a building of inexpressible beauty and rare architectural workmanship. The Asuras who became angry with Maya for his allianee with the Devas made preparations to attack him. Alarmed at it, Maya fled southwards with his family and reached Vindhya. There he built a lovely mansion and settled down in it. (碍补迟丑腻艣arits膩gara, Madanama帽cuk膩lambaka, 3rd 罢补谤补峁単补).

In 痴腻濒尘墨办颈 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺, 碍颈峁�k颈苍诲丑腻 办腻峁囜笉补, 50th sarga also there is a reference to this wonderful mansion which Maya built on the Vindhya mountain. In their search for 厂墨迟腻, 贬补苍奴尘腻苍 and the other monkeys reached the Vindhya mountain. There they combed the forests and caves to find out 厂墨迟腻. When they ca峁僥 to the peak to the south west of the mountain, they saw a huge dark cave. They entered it and cautiously moved forward. After a long and tedious walk the monkeys were exhausted with hunger and thirst. When they proceeded a little further, they came across a bright place. There they saw a woman sitting alone, dressed in deer skin and barks of trees. She greeted them and in the course of her talk with the monkeys she told them that the cave was made by the magician Maya and that her name was 厂惫补测补尘辫谤补产丑腻. Her mother was Merus膩var峁嚹� and that she (厂惫补测补尘辫谤补产丑腻) was entrusted with the task guarding the wonderful mansion. Then she gave them fruits and fresh water.

Building of Tripuras.

It was Maya who built three magic dwellings for the three 顿腻苍补惫补s, 碍补尘补濒腻办峁�a, T膩rak膩k峁�a and 痴颈诲测耻苍尘腻濒墨. (For details see under the word Pura).

Other details.

(i) 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补, 膧诲颈 Parva, Chapter 227, Verse 41 says that Namuci the 顿腻苍补惫补 was the brother of Maya.

(ii) Maya had two sons named 厂耻苍墨迟丑补 and Suda峁囜笉ika They became human beings under a curse. (For details see under the word 厂奴谤测补辫谤补产丑腻).

(iii) In 碍补迟丑腻sarits膩gara Madanama帽cuk膩lambaka, 8th 罢补谤补峁単补 we see that Maya was an incarnation of 痴颈艣惫补办补谤尘腻.

(iv) At the time when 惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻 as 痴腻尘补苍补 took the three worlds from 惭补丑腻产补濒颈, Maya joined with other 顿腻苍补惫补s and fought against 痴腻尘补苍补. (惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 Bhavi峁�ya Parva, Chapter 55).

(v) Once Maya was relaxing with his friends on the Malaya mountain. Knowing about it 惭补丑别艣惫补谤补 sent Indra to that mountain. Indra challenged the 顿腻苍补惫补s for a fight. In the battle that followed, Indra killed the 顿腻苍补惫补 named 笔腻办补. Thus he got the name, "笔腻办补艣膩sana". Indra killed Pura, the son of 惭补丑腻产补濒颈 also in that battle and so came to be known as "Purandara" The remaining 顿腻苍补惫补s under the leadership of Maya fled to 笔腻迟腻濒补. (痴腻尘补苍补 Pur膩峁嘺, Chapter 71).