SUNYATA

Meaning of SUNYATA in English

/shoohn"yeuh tah'/ , n. Buddhism.

that which exists absolutely and without predication.

Also, Sunya /shoohn"yeuh/ .

[ sunyata, n. deriv. of sunya empty ]

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SUNYATA — ˈshu̇nyəˌtä noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit śūnyatā, literally, emptiness, void, from śūnya empty, void 1. Buddhism : the nonexistence …
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SUNYATA — [ 'ʃu:njətα: , 'su:- ] ■ noun Buddhism the doctrine that phenomena are devoid of an immutable or determinate intrinsic …
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VOID — I. ˈvȯid adjective Etymology: Middle English void, voide, from Old French voide, vuide, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin vocitus, from (assumed) …
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NAGARJUNA — born 150 died 0441; 250 Indian monk and philosopher, founder of the Madhyamika school of Buddhism. Born into a Brahman …
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