शून्यताśūnyatā

शून्यता (śūnyatā) is a Sanskrit word meaning emptiness, loneliness, desolateness, absence of mind or distraction, vacancy of gaze, absence or want of, emptiness, voidness, or inanity, desertness or loneliness. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Emptiness, Voidness, Desolation, Mental Inattention or Vacancy, General Absence or Want.

Definitions: 7

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Emptiness, Voidness, Desolation

3 definitions

emptiness, loneliness, desolateness

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Emptiness. 2. Unreality.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Emptiness, voidness, or inanity. 2. Desertness or loneliness. 3. Absence or wandering of mind. 4. Absence or lack of something.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mental Inattention or Vacancy

2 definitions

Absence of mind or distraction

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

vacancy of gaze

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

General Absence or Want

1 definition

absence or want of

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Philosophical Nothingness or Unreality

1 definition

nothingness, non-existence, and the illusory nature of worldly phenomena

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 3 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.