In Hindu mythology, Maya (मय), or Mayāsura (मयासुर) was a great ancient king of the Asura, Daitya and Rakshasa races upon earth. He was also the chief architect of the people of the netherworld.

He was the designer and king of the three flying cities, known as the Tripura. They were great cities of prosperity, power and dominance over the world, but due to their impious nature, Maya's cities were torched out of the sky by Lord Shiva. However, Maya escapes the destruction, as he is a devotee of Lord Shiva.

He built his capital and called it Maya Rashtra, now Meerut.MayaAsura is mentioned in Uttar-kãņḍa of Rāmāyaṇa and here he is told be the son of Diti (wife of Kashyapa a SaptaRisi), He is the father of Mandodari, the beautiful wife of Ravana, the emperor of Lanka. Maya is also regarded as a hero and father-figure for many rakshasa, asura, and daitya heroes in Hindu epics.

When his life is spared by Krishna and Arjuna during the destruction of the Khandava forest, Maya offers his services to them. Krishna instructs Maya to construct a fabulous palace hall for Arjuna's elder brother, king Yudhisthira, at Indraprastha, which becomes the Mayasabha, renowned, beautiful and the largest of its kind. It had many specialities such as highly reflective floors that were easily mistaken as the surface of a pool of still water. There was also at least one pool of water, the surface of which mimicked a decorated floor, into which Duryodhana fell, and was subsequently taunted and humiliated by Draupadi.

Luna Maya Sugeng (born in Denpasar, Bali, August 26, 1983) is an Indonesian soap opera actress, and movie star. She started her career as an advertising and catwalk model.

She made her first steps into the movie world in 2004 with a supporting role in the film ‘30 hari Mencari Cinta‘. This was followed by ‘Brownies‘ in 2005, also in a supporting role. She has received several nominations during the Indonesian Film Festival, while continuing to appear on the small screen in Indonesian soap operas. She has also appeared in Indonesian advertising campaigns for Lux, XL and Toshiba.

In 2010, her boyfriend Nazril “Ariel” Irham, lead singer of Indonesian pop group Peterpan, was arrested after a sex video that featured Luna was distributed on the Internet. Ariel was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison in January 2011.

Luna lost her contract to advertise Lux soap as a result of the scandal.

After two years off from a scandalous sex video, Luna Maya is showing her naughty side again in a new cologne commercial ad titled "Heaven on Earth". The commercial on YouTube have a warning note in the beginning saying that the material is only for those 18 years old and above.