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The Sanskrit word Annamaya is written in 
Devanagari as अन्नमय.
Direct answer:
The term Annamaya appears in the expression Annamaya Kosha, which is
written in full as अन्नमय कोश in Devanagari .

✅ Breakdown of the Devanagari spelling

  • अन्न — anna, “food” or “matter,” with a doubled न् (n) sound .
  • मय — maya, “made of” or “consisting of” (short a, not the long ā associated 
  • with “illusion”) .
    Together: अन्नमय — “made of food,” referring to the physical sheath
  • in yogic philosophy.
  • 2 Sources

✅ Pronunciation guidance

The source notes the pronunciation as un-nuh-MY-uh, with the double
n held slightly longer . Sanskrit does not use English-style
stress, so this is only an approximation.

✅ Context: What Annamaya refers to

  • It is the outermost of the five koshas (sheaths) in yogic and Vedantic thought .
  • It represents the physical body, composed of and sustained by food.
  • 1 Source

✅ Distinguishing from unrelated results

Some results refer to:
  • Anek Devanagari, a font family
  • Anna Maya, a Brazilian YouTube singer
    These are unrelated to the Sanskrit term.
  • 3 Sources

✅ If you need to type it

Online Devanagari keyboards (e.g., Lexilogos) allow typing अन्नमय using 
phonetic input such as annamaya .

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