Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

śūnyatā शून्यता – Emptiness, voidness

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine

Emptiness, voidness

Derived from

  1. śūnya शून्य adjective — devoid; empty; without
  2. tā ता suffix — abstract-noun suffix -tā
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

śūnyatā ·f. °tva n. emptiness, voidness, inanity; desert, loneliness; absence or wandering of mind; absence or want of (--°).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

—Śūnya-tā, f. or śūnya-tva, am, n. emptiness, voidness, vacuity, non-existence, un- reality, the false or illusory nature of all existence.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

śūnyatā (von śūnya) f. 1〉 Leerheit, Oede, Verödung: āśramasya R. 3,1,35. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,47. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 89,16. aṅkam — tasya ninyaturaśūnyatāmubhe füllten RAGH. 19,13. ṛtūnāmaśūnyátā das Vollwerden der Jahreszeiten ŚAT. BR. 10,4,3,19. na paraṃ hṛdi saṃkrāntā citraṃ dikṣvapi śūnyatā KATHĀS. 33,138. dṛṣṭipāte so v. a. ein stierer Blick DHŪRTAS. 72,10. — 2〉 Leere im Herzen, das Denken an Nichts, Gedankenlosigkeit, Zerstreutheit SARVADARŚANAS. 176,16. SUŚR. 1,48,20. SUŚR. 1,49,1. SĀH. D. 201. — 3〉 am Ende eines comp. das Ermangeln, das ohne Etwas Sein: karṇotpala˚ KUMĀRAS. 5,47. mātṛ˚ Spr. (II) 2774. svarūpa˚ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 229,a, No. 561. sarva˚ Schol. zu KAP. 1,159. Eigentlich nom. abstr. von ˚śūnya. — 4〉 Nichtigkeit BURNOUF, Intr. 442. SADDH. P. 4,5,a. SARVADARŚANAS. 23,10. — Vgl. mahā˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

śūnyatā f. — 1〉 Leerheit, Oede, Verödung ŚIŚ. 17,40. — 2〉 Leere im Herzen, das Denken an Nichts, Gedankenlosigkeit, Zerstreutheit ŚIŚ. 13,47. 19,113. dṛṣṭipāte so v. a. ein stierer Blick. — 3〉 am Ende eines Comp. das Ermangeln, das ohne Etwas Sein. — 4〉 Nichtigkeit ŚIŚ. 19,113.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

śūnyatā f., ˚tva n. Leerheit, Öde, Ermangelung von (—˚); Gedankenlosigkeit, Zersteutheit.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

śūnyatā f. (sfx. tā) vide, vacuité, Bd.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

VBT 3 occurrences
VBT 36–42: Sound and Bindu 1 occurrence

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VBT 43–48: Body as Space 1 occurrence

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VBT 121–129: Devotion and Release 1 occurrence

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