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Śūnyatā

Śūnyatā (/ʃuːnjəˈtɑː/ shoon-yə-TAH; Sanskrit: शून्यता; Pali: suññatā lit. "emptiness", "voidness", "vacuity") is an Indian philosophical concept in Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, and other Indian philosophical traditions. The concept has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context: an ontological feature of reality, a meditative state, or a…

Mahayana Buddhism, Hinduism & Theravāda

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Bengali
শূন্যতা (Śūnnôtā)
Burmese
သုညတ (thone nya ta)
Chinese
空 (Pinyin: Kōng)
English
emptiness, voidness, vacuity, openness, thusness, nothingness
Japanese
空 (Rōmaji: Kū)
Khmer
សុញ្ញតា (UNGEGN: Sŏnhnhôta)

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Early Buddhism

Early Buddhist schools and Abhidharma

Theravāda

Mahayana Buddhism

Hinduism

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Śūnyatā

Nodes187
Edges186
Triples89
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010695
Components1

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Śūnyatā

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related to In Vaishnavism · 25
Śūnyatā → Acyutananda, Acyutananda's Shunya Samhita, Alternative, Bhima Bhoi, Brahman, Buddhism, Five Friends, Hindu, Hinduism, However, In, It, Jagannatha, Lingayatism, Mahima Dharma, Nirguna Brahman, Odiya, Orissa, Orissan Panchasakhas, Panchasakhas
related to Development of the concept · 12
Śūnyatā → Abhidharma, After, Buddha, Buddha-nature, Buddhism, Emptiness, Mahāyāna, Mādhyamaka, Nāgārjuna, Over, Sanskrit, The
related to Early Buddhist schools and Abhidharma · 7
Śūnyatā → Abhidharma, Agamas, Buddhist, Dharmaskandhapāda, Mahāvibhāṣa, Many, The Sarvastivadin
related to Western Buddhism · 5
Śūnyatā → Buddhists, Dzogchen, Madhyamaka, Shentong, Various
related to Pāli Nikāyas · 4
Śūnyatā → According, Bhikkhu Analayo, Pāli Canon, The Pāli Canon
related to Etymology · 3
Śūnyatā → Buddhadharma, English, It
Bengali · 1
Śūnyatā → শূন্যতা (Śūnnôtā)
Burmese · 1
Śūnyatā → သုညတ (thone nya ta)
Chinese · 1
Śūnyatā → 空 (Pinyin: Kōng)
English · 1
Śūnyatā → emptiness, voidness, vacuity, openness, thusness, nothingness

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emptiness also empty one states mādhyamaka buddhism reality like nature nāgārjuna chinese existence sutras absolute buddha-nature buddhist seen view state

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ŚūnyatāBengaliশূন্যতা (Śūnnôtā)1.00infobox
ŚūnyatāBurmeseသုညတ (thone nya ta)1.00infobox
ŚūnyatāChinese空 (Pinyin: Kōng)1.00infobox
ŚūnyatāEnglishemptiness, voidness, vacuity, openness, thusness, nothingness1.00infobox
ŚūnyatāJapanese空 (Rōmaji: Kū)1.00infobox
ŚūnyatāKhmerសុញ្ញតា (UNGEGN: Sŏnhnhôta)1.00infobox
ŚūnyatāKorean공성 (空性) (RR: gong-seong)1.00infobox
ŚūnyatāMongolianхоосон1.00infobox
ŚūnyatāPaliSuññatā (Devanagari: सुञ्ञता)1.00infobox
ŚūnyatāSanskritŚūnyatā (Devanagari: शून्यता)1.00infobox
ŚūnyatāSinhalaShunyatā (Sinhala: ශුන්‍යතා)1.00infobox
ŚūnyatāTagalogSunyata (ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜆ)1.00infobox
ŚūnyatāThaiสุญตา (S̄uỵtā)1.00infobox
ŚūnyatāTibetanསྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ (Wylie: stong-pa nyid THL: tongpa nyi)1.00infobox
ŚūnyatāVietnameseKhông (空)1.00infobox

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