Back in 2001 i was trekking the Anapurna circuit with my mother and we were having regular conversations along the way about love, life, the future - our hopes and dreams. After this adventure together i would be travelling far south to Mysore in India where i would be practicing yoga together with my then friend, Lucas. With my wild imagination i had already imagined some future life with him and what perhaps my children would look like - should we have them together. So i was having regular conversations with my mother about meeting Lucas and what might transpire between us, and visualising a life together filled with love and yoga.
Along the way, through the himalayas, we were passing by several guesthouses named `Maya´. I asked a local man along the way what Maya means in Nepalese. His reply was
`Love´.
Maya has multiple meanings
In Buddhism,
Maya is the name of Gautama Buddha's mother.
[7] In
Hinduism, Maya is also an epithet for goddess,
[8] and the name of a manifestation of
Lakshmi, the goddess of "wealth, prosperity and love". Maya is also a
name for girls.
[7][9]
Maya is a feminine name with multiple meanings: In Hindu philosophy, Māyā means"illusion", and in Hindu mythology it is also an alternate name of the Hindu goddess Durga. ... Another origin for the name Maya is the Tupi language spoken by Brazilian native Indians, where it means "mother", while Mayara means"grandmother".
