{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}} {{Short description|Tamil mythological character}}
'''Mamuni Mayan''' ({{Langx|ta|மாமுனி மாயாசுரன்|translit=Māmuṉi Māyāsuran}}) is an ancient sage referenced in Tamil literature. He is featured in works of Sangam literature such as the Cilappatikaram, Manimekalai, and Civaka Cintamani, identified with the asura Mayasura of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.<ref name="sacred-texts">{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m02/m02001.htm|title=The Mahabharata, Book 2: Sabha Parva: Section I|publisher=sacred-texts.com|accessdate=13 April 2015}}</ref> Mayan is regarded to be the founder of the Vastu Shastra.{{fact|date=January 2023}}
In Tamil tradition, Mayan is known as the progenitor of the original Veda, called Pranava Veda, and is credited with the authorship of the Mayamata Vastu Shastra as well as the ''Aintiram'' (''Aindra'', a school of grammar connected with the Tolkappiyam). He is also credited with the authorship of the Surya Siddhanta.<ref>Translation of the Surya Siddhanta into English, by Bhāskarācārya, Bapu Deva Sastri, Lancelot Wilkinson, {{ISBN|3-7648-1334-2}}, {{ISBN|978-3-7648-1334-5}}, http://www.wilbourhall.org/pdfs/suryaEnglish.pdf</ref>
==See also== *Mayasura *Kubera *Vishvakarma
==References== <references/> {{Authority control}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Hindu-myth-stub}} Category:Asura Category:Tamil mythical figures {{DEFAULTSORT:Mamuni Mayan}}