The wielder of maya, the 'magician': in the Svetasvatara Upanishad, the Great Lord (Ishvara) who spreads forth the world through the power of maya, of which prakriti (nature) is the display.

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• What is Maya? The World as Appearance Essentials →

  … know that prakriti , nature, is maya, and that the Great Lord is the mayin , the wielder of maya, the magician who spreads it forth.

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