Surya Siddhanta
अल्पावशिष्टे तु कृते *मयो नाम महासुरः। रहस्यम् परमम् पुण्यम् जिज्ञासुर् ज्ञानम् उत्तमम् ॥
Some time before the end of the Krita yuga, a great Demon named Maya, being desirous of obtaining the sound, secret, excellent, sacred and complete knowledge of Astronomy
english translation
alpAvaziSTe tu kRte *mayo nAma mahAsuraH। rahasyam paramam puNyam jijJAsur jJAnam uttamam ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript