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Detailed explanation-1: -According to Shankara, maya is the mistaken tendency to regard appearance as reality. The unconscious tendency to perceive the world of appearances as the world of ultimate reality provides an illusory form of knowledge.

Detailed explanation-2: -maya, (Sanskrit: “magic” or “illusion”) a fundamental concept in Hindu philosophy, notably in the Advaita (Nondualist) school of Vedanta. Maya originally denoted the magic power with which a god can make human beings believe in what turns out to be an illusion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shankara believe Brahman is the only reality and everything else is only an illusory appearance, the world is only an appearance in the Brahman like the snake in a rope and is not ultimately real. Advaita Vedanta affirms the oneness of existence, the divinity of the soul and the harmony of all religions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Moksha, suggests Shankara, is a final perfect, blissful state where there can be no change, where there can be no plurality of states. It has to be a state of thought and consciousness that excludes action.