Maamuni Mayan (மாமுனி Māmuṉi, from Sanskrit mahā-múni "great ascetic" is a honorific title; also called Brahmarishi Mayan, Sangakala Sirpachithan Mamuni Mayan, Mayamuni, Mayendran) a son of Vishwakarma (One, only One, beyond the Seven Ṛṣis. Rig Veda Book 10 Hymn 82) is a culture hero character from Tamil Sangam literature (the Silappathikaram, Manimekalai, and Civaka Cintamani epics) and the mythical founder of Vastu Shastra.

Maya also refers to asura Maya Dānava (Mayasura) of the Mahabharata who is son of Diti (wife of Kashyapa a SaptaRisi). He is said to have built the Mayasabha to the Pandavas. MayaAsura is mentioned in Uttar-kãņḍa of Rāmāyaṇa and here he is told be the son of Diti (wife of Kashyapa a SaptaRisi). Again according to Dr. Smith the entire Uttar-kãņḍa of Rāmāyaṇa to many seems a later interpolation.

V. Ganapati Sthapati, says that Mayan was revered by Vyasa to be as good as to Vishvakarman(the primeval craftsman of the Vishwabrahmin) sect.^{[citation needed]} In 2004 Sthapati started construction of a " monument to Mayan near Mamallapuram.