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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study

Māyus (मायुस्) or Mayu (Māyu?) is one of the six sons of Aila Purūravas, according to the Vaṃśānucarita section of the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, [...] Aila Purūravas, the most illustrious pious king gets married to Urvaśī, the heavenly damsel who is cursed by Brahmā to spend sometime here on earth. Purūravas begets on her six sons—Āyu, Māyus (Mayu), Amāyu, Viśvāyu, Śatāyu and Śrutāyu. All these are celebrated like Semi-divine beings (devayonaya).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Māyus (मायुस्):—m. Name of a son of Purū-ravas, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mayus in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Mayus in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) frustrated, dejected, disappointed; ~[si] frustration, dejection, disappointment..—mayus (मायूस) is alternatively transliterated as Māyūsa.

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Starts with: Mayusa, Mayushta, Mayushtaka, Mayusundui.

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Full-text: Mayu, Mayusa, Turangavaktra, Kinnara, Ashvamukha.

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Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)

Chapter 19 - The friendship of Śiva and Kubera < [Section 2.1 - Rudra-saṃhitā (1): Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa]

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Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)

Chapter 7 - Different dynasties enumerated < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]

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