Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

śūna शून – emptiness; absence; lack

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter

emptiness; absence; lack

Cappeller 1891 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective

śūna1 ·a. swollen; abstr. °tva n.

Original text · English · substantive neuter

śū́na2 ·n. emptiness, absence, want.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

śūna śūna, as, ā, am (fr. rt. śvi, q. v.), swelled, swollen, increased, grown, prospered; mor- bidly swollen; empty, vacant (Ved., Sāy. = śūnya); (am), n., Ved. swelling, increase, (Sāy. = sam-ṛd- dhi, Ṛg-veda III. 33, 13); emptiness, poverty, (Sāy. = śūnya, dāridrya, Ṛg-veda II. 27, 17); an in- correct pronunciation (in Vedic phonetics).

Original text · English · adjective

Śūna, as, ā, am, swollen, &c. See s. v.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

3. śūna m. N. pr. eines Mannes MBH. 7,2281. pūru ed. Bomb.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

2. śū́na n. Leere; Abwesenheit, Mangel: mā śūna̱māràtām ṚV. 3,33,13. mā śūne̱ ni ṣàdāma nṛ̱ṇām ṚV. 7,1,11. so̱myasyà ṚV. 1,105,3. ā̱peḥ ṚV. 2,27,17. sakhyùḥ ṚV. 8,45,36. mā śūnè bhūma̱ sūryàsya sa̱ṃdṛśì (Attraction st. saṃdṛśaḥ) ṚV. 10,37,6.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. śūná (von 2. śū = śvā, śvi) partic. geschwollen, aufgedunsen P. 6,1,15. P. 7,2,14. VOP. 26,107. sarvāṅga˚ SUŚR. 1,34,19. jihvā SUŚR. 115,3. locana SUŚR. 2,255,7. ˚gātra SUŚR. 1,35,3. ˚kara SUŚR. 118,14. SUŚR. 119,19. SUŚR. 155,19. SUŚR. 302,18. śūnākṣa SUŚR. 2,372,16. SUŚR. 2,382,20. śūnāṇḍameḍhratā SUŚR. 1,116,8. SUŚR. 2,134,3. a˚ (vraṇa) SUŚR. 1,88,15. Bez. eines best. Fehlers der Aussprache ṚV. PRĀT. 14,2.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

1. śūna — 1〉 Adj. s. u. śvā. — 2〉 n. ein best. Fehler der Aussprache, insbes. der Vocals.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

3. śūna m. N. pr. eines Mannes.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

2. śū́na n. Leere, Abwesenheit, Mangel.

Apte 1890 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

śūna p. p. [śvi-kta] 1 Swollen. 2 Increased, grown, prospered. 3 Morbidly swollen.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive neuter

2. śū́na n. Leere, Mangel.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. śūna s. śvā.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

śūna śūna pp. de śvi. — S. f. boucherie, abattoir; lieu d'exécution. śūnāvat m. (sfx. vat) boucher, gardien d'abattoir.

Original text · French · adjective

śūna śūna a. creux, vide, cf. śūnya.

Derived words

  • śūnya शून्य adjective devoid; empty; without
Further derivatives (1)
  • śūnyatā शून्यता substantive feminine Emptiness, voidness

Occurrences in source texts (44)

DYS 2 occurrences
DYS 20–26: Practising Laya 1 occurrence

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DYS 193: Dattātreya as Viṣṇu 1 occurrence

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GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 101–101.1: Turning Enjoyment Inwards 1 occurrence

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HP 13 occurrences
HP 3.1-3.5: Foundation of Kuṇḍalinī 2 occurrences

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HP 4.0*1-4.0*14: Samādhi and Laya 1 occurrence

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HP 4.5-4.8: Śāmbhavī and Khecarī 1 occurrence

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HP 4.11*5-4.11*14: Khecarī in Space 3 occurrences

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HP 4.11*15-4.11*28: Space and Laya 3 occurrences

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HP 4.20-4.27: Four Stages of Nāda 2 occurrences

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1 more source page
HP 4.27*1-4.35: Rājayoga and Haṭha 1 occurrence

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PYS 4 occurrences
PYS 1.5–11: The Five Vṛtti 1 occurrence

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PYS 1.42–43: Gross Samāpatti 1 occurrence

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PYS 3.1–4: Saṃyama 1 occurrence

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PYS 4.33–34: Return of the Guṇas 1 occurrence

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  • PYS 4.34 Segment 3

    Through: śūnya Attested form: śūnyānām Grammar of the segment: genitive plural masculine

SiSa 4 occurrences
SiSa 1.1-1.3: Das eine Wissen 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1.51-1.64: Selbst als Licht 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.48-5.71: Innere Meditation 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.191-5.207: Kailāsa und Mahāśūnya 1 occurrence

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VBT 20 occurrences
VBT 22–23: Practical Access 1 occurrence

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VBT 32–35: Emptiness and Nāḍī 1 occurrence

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VBT 36–42: Sound and Bindu 4 occurrences

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VBT 43–48: Body as Space 7 occurrences

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VBT 57–64: Intervals and Equality 1 occurrence

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VBT 86–92: Light and Darkness 1 occurrence

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3 more source pages
VBT 110–120: Everyday as Gate 1 occurrence

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VBT 121–129: Devotion and Release 3 occurrences

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VBT 130–138: Name and Fourfoldness 1 occurrence

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