shunya (शून्य ; śūnya)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Alternate Spellings: sunya

Short Description: “Void”, “emptiness,” in Sanskrit

Long Description: “Void”, “emptiness,” in Sanskrit; in Mahāyāna Buddhism, the true nature of all phenomena, devoid of all independent self or substance.

Sources: Light on the Ancient Worlds: New Translation with Selected Letters by Frithjof Schuon