Sarvashunya, Sarvaśūnya, Sarva-shunya: 5 definitions
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Sarvashunya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Sarvaśūnya can be transliterated into English as Sarvasunya or Sarvashunya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (Tibetan Buddhism)Sarvaśūnya (सर्वशून्य) refers to “(that which is) completely void”, according to the thirty-third chapter of the Saṃvarodayatantra: a Buddhist explanatory Tantra of the Cakrasaṃvara cycle.—Accordingly, while describing the no-mind meditation: “[...] Free from meditation and concentration and beyond [both] Yoga and reasoning, he leads people to absorption in ‘suchness’, when the mind becomes steady in awareness. Its form is like the sky, the dwelling place of the ether and like a pure crystal and gem, [it is] without beginning or end, unelaborated, beyond the senses, unchanging, without appearance, completely void (sarvaśūnya), free of ills, the light of the world, the destruction of the bonds of existence, inexpressible by words and even beyond the sphere of the mind”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySarvaśūnya (सर्वशून्य).—adj. completely empty, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 125, M. M.
— Cf.
Sarvaśūnya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sarva and śūnya (शून्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySarvaśūnya (सर्वशून्य).—[adjective] completely empty; [abstract] tā [feminine], tva [neuter] complete emptiness, nihilism (ph.).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sarvaśūnya (सर्वशून्य):—[=sarva-śūnya] [from sarva] mf(ā)n. completely empty, [Cāṇakya; Hitopadeśa; Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] thinking everything non-existent, [Pañcarātra]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shunya, Sharva, Carva.
Starts with: Sarvashunyata, Sarvashunyatva, Sarvashunyatvavadin.
Full-text: Sarvashunyata, Sarvashunyatvavadin, Sarvashunyatva, Void.
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