dayanmaya
Dayānmaya is a term found in Indian religious and philosophical discourse. The word combines dayā, meaning compassion or mercy, with māyā, a term that can denote illusion, magic, or the manifested world. Depending on tradition, Dayānmaya is used to describe a reality or disposition in which compassionate activity is expressed within the illusory or transient world. In bhakti and devotional literature, Dayānmaya may be used as an epithet for a merciful form of the divine who alleviates suffering and guides devotees.
In classical Sanskrit sources, the compound is not widely attested as a fixed doctrinal category, and its
Etymology notes: dayā denotes mercy; māyā denotes the perceptual or practical world as experienced, sometimes illusionary,