Mahashunyata, Mahāśūnyatā, Maha-shunyata: 5 definitions
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Mahashunyata has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Mahāśūnyatā can be transliterated into English as Mahasunyata or Mahashunyata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāśūnyatā (महाशून्यता):—[(ma + śū)] f. die grosse Leere, Bez. einer der [18] Leeren bei den Buddhisten, [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 29.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāśūnyatā (महाशून्यता):—f. die grosse Leere , Bez. einer der 18 Leeren bei den Buddhisten.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Mahashunya, Shunyata, Maha, Ta.
Full-text: Shunyata, Shodashashunyata.
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