"I will tell you, my son, how Brahma created wanton women and for what purpose. For there is nothing more evil than women; a wanton woman is a blazing fire; she is the illusion born of Maya; she is the sharp edge of the razor; she is poison, a serpent, and death all in one."

"A pun may be intended here; Maya is the achitect of the demons; the word for illusion (derived from the same verbal root as that of Maya's name-'to make') is maya, a feminine noun often personified as a goddess."

Hindu Myths p 36.