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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 20.271

māyāra ye dui vṛtti — ‘māyā’ āra ‘pradhāna’ ‘māyā’ nimitta-hetu, viśvera upādāna ‘pradhāna’
[maayaara ye dui vritti — ‘maayaa’ aara ‘pradhaana’ ‘maayaa’ nimitta-hetu, vishvera upaadaana ‘pradhaana’]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
māyāra ye dui vṛtti — ‘māyā’ āra ‘pradhāna’ ‘māyā’ nimitta-hetu, viśvera upādāna ‘pradhāna’
“Māyā has two functions. One is called māyā, and the other is called pradhāna. Māyā refers to the efficient cause, and pradhāna refers to the ingredients that create the cosmic manifestation.

For a further explanation, see Ādi-līlā, chapter five, verse 58.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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