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maya
maya , in Hinduism, term used in the Veda to mean magic or supernatural power. In Mahayana Buddhism it acquires the meaning of illusion or unreality. The term is pivotal in the Vedanta system of Shankara, where it signifies the world as a cosmic illusion and also the power that creates the world... Read more
maya
maya , in Hinduism, term used in the Veda to mean magic or supernatural power. In Mahayana Buddhism it acquires the meaning of illusion or unreality. The term is pivotal in the Vedanta system of Shankara, where it signifies the world as a cosmic illusion and also the power that creates the world... Read more
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou , 1928-, African-American writer and performer, b. St. Louis, Mo. as Marguerite Johnson. She toured Europe and Africa in the musical Porgy and Bess (1954-55), then sang in New York City nightclubs, joined the Harlem Writers Guild, and took part in several off-Broadway productions, inc... Read more
Maya Ying Lin
Maya Ying Lin , 1959-, American architect and sculptor, b. Athens, Ohio. From an artistically distinguished Chinese family that immigrated to the United States in the 1940s, Lin was catapulted to prominence while a Yale undergraduate when her magisterially simple design for the Vietnam Veterans Mem... Read more
Palenque
Palenque , ancient city of the Maya in Chiapas, S Mexico, in the Usumacinta Valley. Its architectural elegance, adapted to tropical and topographical conditions, was a high point in the art of the Classic period. Stucco sculpturing and low-relief paneling reached their highest expression at Palenq... Read more
Uxmal
Uxmal , ancient city, northern Yucatán peninsula, Mexico. A Late Classic period Maya center situated in the Puuc hills, Uxmal flourished between 600 and 900. It is one of the finest expressions of Maya architecture known as the Puuc style. The site has such impressive structures as the uniq... Read more
Tikal
Tikal , ruined city of the Classic Period of the Maya , N central Petén, Guatemala. The largest and possibly the oldest of the Maya cities, Tikal consists of nine groups of courts and plazas built on hilly land above surrounding swamps (which may have been lakes in former times) and intercon... Read more
Chorotega
Chorotega , aboriginal people and language group of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Little is known of the Chorotega, primarily beause of the absence of extensive ruins. Contemporaneous with the Maya to the northwest, they inhabited principally the Ulúa River valley and the Mosquito C... Read more
Quiché
Quiché , indigenous peoples of Mayan linguistic stock, in the western highlands of Guatemala; most important group of the ancient southern Maya . The largest of the contemporary native groups of Guatemala, numbering over a million, they live principally in the region between Quezaltenango ... Read more
Arthur Bowen Davies
Arthur Bowen Davies , 1862-1928, American painter and lithographer, b. Utica, N.Y., studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League, New York City. In 1893 he traveled in Europe and exhibited successfully on his return. A president of the Society of Independent Artists, he was la... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Maya"

Maya Religion
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying Maya Religion At the time of Spanish contact in the sixteenth century the Maya were not a single, unified political or cultural...overgeneralizations it is important to specify particular Maya cultures when mentioning sixteenth-century accounts...
Maya
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures Maya PRONUNCIATION: MY-yuh LOCATION: Southeastern...Christianity 1 • INTRODUCTION Today's Maya are descended from one of the great civilizations...that Mayan culture reached its peak and the Maya achieved their celebrated advances in architecture...
Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya The Russian dancer Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (born 1925) epitomized the best of Soviet ballet. The career of Maya Plisetskaya, the celebrated Soviet ballerina, choreographer...
Maya Ying Lin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Maya Ying Lin Maya Ying Lin (born 1959) was an American architect whose two most important...Washington, D.C., and the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. Maya Ying Lin was born in 1959 in Athens, Ohio, a manufacturing and agricultural...
Lin, Maya
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography Maya Lin Born: October 5, 1959Athens, Ohio Asian American architect and sculptor Maya Lin is an American architect whose two most important...in Montgomery, Alabama. Family and childhood Maya Ying Lin was born on October 5, 1959, in Athens...
Maya Angelou
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Maya Angelou Maya Angelou (born 1928)—author, poet, play wright, stage and...a young African American woman's discovery of her self-confidence. Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis...
Angelou, Maya
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography Maya Angelou Born: April 4, 1928St. Louis...African American author, poet, and playwright Maya Angelou—author, poet, playwright...her self-confidence. Eventful early life Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April...
Jyotir Maya Nanda, Swami (1931-)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Jyotir Maya Nanda, Swami (1931-) Disciple of the...Research Foundation of Miami, Florida. Jyotir Maya Nanda was born February 3, 1931, in Dumari...also a disciple of Swami Sivananda, Jyotir Maya Nanda moved to Puerto Rico to head the Temple...
Maya Deren
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Maya Deren Maya Deren (1917-1961) wore many hats in her brief lifetime: avant-garde...time, possibly at Hammid's suggestion, Deren changed her first name to Maya, the Sanskrit word for illusion. At the time of her marriage Deren was...
Maya Plisetskaya
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Maya Plisetskaya , 1925-, Russian dancer. Pliesetskaya became a soloist with the...romantic Swan Lake to the passionate title role in Carmen. Her memoir, I, Maya Plistetskaya (tr. 2001), reveals the difficulties she suffered as an artist...

Dictionary entries related to "Maya"

Deren, Maya
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers DEREN, Maya Nationality: Russian/American. Born...Hodson, and Catrina Neimans, The Legend of Maya Deren: A Documentary Biography and Collected...Alcide, Dialogues théoriques avec Maya Deren: du cinéma expé...
Excerpt from Maya in Exile: Guatemalans in Florida (1990, by Allan F. Burns)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...environment. In his book, Maya in Exile: Guatemalans in Florida...Escape and Arrival The number of Maya people who have to come to the...accurate figures for the number of Mayas in Florida. According to one...fifteen and twenty thousand Maya in the state at that time...
Maya
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Maya An American Indian people of Yucatán and Central America who still...on pyramids and ornamented with sculptures. Among the most striking of the Maya achievements are a system of pictorial writing and a calendar system, more...
maya
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable maya in Hinduism, the supernatural power wielded by gods and demons; in Hinduism and Buddhism, the power by which the universe becomes...
Meshes of the Afternoon
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON USA, 1943 Director: Maya Deren Production: Black and white, 16mm; running...list 14 minutes. Released 1943. Screenplay: Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid; editor: Maya Deren; photography: Alexander Hammid. Cast...
Astronomy, Pre-Columbian and Latin American
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...World parallels. For example, ancient Maya divisions of the movement of the planet...called high cultures of the New World: the Maya, the Aztecs, and the Incas, those must...by scholars and the media as the ancient Maya. The reason is very simple: at its pinnacle...
Guatemala
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...culturally linked to the Yucatán peninsula and witnessed the rise of pre-Maya and MAYA civilizations. The modern Guatemalan population is largely descended from Maya ancestors. In the northern and central lowlands arose the great, classic...
Indians and Alcohol
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...punishment was death. By contrast, the Mayas, who fermented balche from bark and honey...alcohol though still within set limits. In Maya society drinking balche on certain days...the resources of the society. For the Mayas, consumption of balche remained a fixture...
Dulac, Germaine
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...ma (Paris), no. 31, January 1968. Cornwell, Regina, "Maya Deren and Germaine Dulac: Activists of the Avant-Garde...Her role in French film history has been compared to that of Maya Deren in the United States three decades later. Dulac learned...
Menchú, Rigoberta
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...human rights. Menchú was born into a Quiché Maya farming family in the Guatemalan Highlands. Her community was...in 1981 and began to publicize the systematic killing of the Maya people. She helped found the UN working group on the rights...

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Mayas and tourists in the Maya World
Magazine article from: Human Organization; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...indigenous group. Key words: Mayas, landscapes, contested...Mexico Construction of the Maya World Landscape In 1992...for the visitor to this Maya World, regardless of their importance to the Mayas of the zone, do not appear...not include any major Maya population or cultural...
One Maya More Value: Autodesk Maya 2010 Software Gets a Radical Makeover.
PR Newswire; 8/3/2009; 700+ words ; ...PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At SIGGRAPH 2009, Autodesk, Inc. announced Autodesk Maya 2010 software, which unifies the Autodesk Maya Complete 2009 and Autodesk Maya Unlimited 2009 feature sets with matchmoving, compositing and rendering capabilities...
Amazing Maya inventions you can build yourself new book designed to help kids learn history of the ancient Maya civilization.(Q&A)(Interview)
Newspaper article from: Curriculum Review; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...jade necklaces to tortillas, Amazing Maya Inventions You Can Build Yourself by Sheri...through handson building projects. Amazing Maya Inventions You Can Build Yourself offers...exploration of the history and culture of the Maya through building and crafts projects that...
Maya complete 4.5: 3-D System's second release for Mac gets real, offers subdivision surface modeling. (Reviews).
Magazine article from: Macworld; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...flexible rendering in Alias \ Wavefront's Maya is unmatched by most other 3-D-effects...Universe. So when Alias \ Wavefront shipped Maya for Mac OS X 3.5 late last year (Reviews...program's performance. When we reviewed Maya again in June, most of its bugs had been...
Maya 4.5 Personal Learning Edition Now Available for Free Download.
Business Wire; 1/7/2003; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2003 First Maya Personal Learning Edition Downloaded More...announced today that the highly anticipated Maya 4.5 Personal Learning Edition(TM...on the success of the first release of Maya Personal Learning Edition(TM) software...
Maya for Mac OS X 3.5: Long-Awaited 3-D Suite Hampered by OS-Compatibility Issues. (Product Reviews).(Software Review)(Evaluation)
Magazine article from: Macworld; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ALIAS\WAVEFRONT'S MAYA FOR Mac OS X 3.5, one of the most anticipated...Alias\Wavefront have been demonstrating Maya for over a year, touting it as "the...improve before it will earn a place next to Maya incarnations on other platforms. Maya...
Maya 7 Continues Alias' Tradition of 3D Innovation
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 7/31/2005; 700+ words ; ...productivity, and creative flexibility Maya(R) 7 software builds upon the architecture and performance enhancements in Maya 6.5 to deliver a feature-packed release...product features and the enhanced benefits of Maya Platinum Membership, including extended...
Maya Live Now Offers Matchmoving Technology From Alchemy3D and Object Tracking.
PR Newswire; 10/23/1998; 700+ words ; ...today announced that the latest version of Maya Live(TM) software will contain a new...from a fixed camera. The new solver in Maya Live is based on world renowned technology...its patented match-mover solver into Maya Live software. Addition of this technology...
'Los Mayas' reveals the art of a 'lost civilization' Mexicans flock to a massive exhibition that showcases the complex.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)(Art)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 10/29/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...civilizations, among which figured the Mayan. The Mayas have been called the Greeks of the New...astronomy, architecture, and arts of the Mayas than in turning them from their "satanic...City. The show, entitled simply "Los Mayas," exhibits more than 500 pieces from...
Maya creativity.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The ancient Maya developed a way of writing that was more...Americas. Like the ancient Egyptians, the Maya wrote by using pictures of animals, people...sounds, and with them, any words in the Maya language could be written. In their books...