Shunyata, Śūnyatā: 17 definitions
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Shunyata has 17 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śūnyatā can be transliterated into English as Sunyata or Shunyata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚūnyatā (शून्यता):—(von śūnya) f.
1) Leerheit, Oede, Verödung: āśramasya [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 1, 35.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46, 47. 89, 16.] aṅkam tasya ninyaturaśūnyatāmubhe füllten [Raghuvaṃśa 19, 13.] ṛtūnāmaśūnyatā das Vollwerden der Jahreszeiten [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10, 4, 3, 19.] na paraṃ hṛdi saṃkrāntā citraṃ dikṣvapi śūnyatā [Kathāsaritsāgara 33, 138.] dṛṣṭipāte so v. a. ein stierer Blick [Dhūrtasamāgama 72, 10.] —
2) Leere im Herzen, das Denken an Nichts, Gedankenlosigkeit, Zerstreutheit [SARVADARŚANAS. 176, 16.] [Suśruta 1, 48, 20. 49, 1.] [Sāhityadarpana 201.] —
3) am Ende eines comp. das Ermangeln, das ohne Etwas Sein: karṇotpala [Kumārasaṃbhava 5, 47.] mātṛ [Spr. (II) 2774.] svarūpa [Oxforder Handschriften 229,a, No. 561.] sarva [Scholiast] zu [Kapila 1, 159.] Eigentlich nom. abstr. von śūnya . —
4) Nichtigkeit [BURNOUF,] [?Intr. 442. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka, 5],a. [SARVADARŚANAS. 23, 10.] — Vgl. mahā .
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Starts with: Shunyatadravana, Shunyatadrishti, Shunyatajnana, Shunyatakoti, Shunyatantara, Shunyataprajna, Shunyatasamadhi, Shunyatasamapti, Shunyatasaptati, Shunyatashirasa, Shunyatashunyata, Shunyatattva.
Ends with (+15): Abhavashunyata, Abhavasvabhavashunyata, Adhyatmabahirdhashunyata, Adhyatmashunyata, Alakshanashunyata, Anagrashunyata, Anavakarashunyata, Anavaragrashunyata, Anupalambhashunyata, Asamskritashunyata, Ashunyata, Atyantashunyata, Bahirdhashunyata, Bhavashunyata, Bhavasvabhavashunyata, Dharmashunyata, Hridayashunyata, Lakshanashunyata, Mahashunyata, Matrishunyata.
Full-text (+111): Mahashunyata, Tvakshunyata, Shunyatashunyata, Bhutakoti, Shunyatasamapti, Anavakarashunyata, Asamskritashunyata, Anavakara, Samskritashunyata, Atyantashunyata, Shunyatashirasa, Bahirdhashunyata, Adhyatmabahirdhashunyata, Adhyatmashunyata, Sarvadharmashunyata, Animitta, Ashunyata, Sunnaia, Sunnavia, Sarvashunyata.
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