The Sanskrit term Śūnyāgāra can be transliterated into English as Sunyagara or Shunyagara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Śūnyāgāra (शून्यागार) refers to a “derelict house”, according to the Śrīmatottara-tantra, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, while describing Trikhaṇḍā: “[...] When the goddess is visualized in this way, she accomplishes everything one wishes to achieve. O beloved, she should be worshipped with effort with meat, liquor and the rest in a temple dedicated to the Mothers, a cremation ground, a derelict house [i.e., śūnyāgāra], at a crossroads or in one's own home. O goddess, when she is worshipped she fulfils every desire”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Śūnyāgāra (शून्यागार) refers to an “empty house”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 36).—Accordingly, “In a forest, an empty house (śūnyāgāra), a charnel-ground, a mountain, a woods or a desert, the disciples of the Buddha who are meditating properly on the nine notions and who are practicing the meditation on the inner and outer horrors feel disgust for the body and say to themselves: ‘Why do we carry around this vile and horrible sack of excrement and urine?’ They are pained and frightened by it. Also there is wicked Māra who plays all kinds of evil tricks on them and who comes to frighten them in hopes of making them regress. This is why the Buddha, [in the Prajñāpāramitāsūtra], continues by explaining the eight recollections”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Śūnyāgāra (शून्यागार).—(m. or nt.; = Pali suññāg°), solitary abode, solitude: in phrase bṛṃhayitā (see °yitar) °rāṇām Mahāvyutpatti 2437 (Tibetan translates with wooden literalness).

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śūnyagāra (ಶೂನ್ಯಗಾರ):—[noun] a man who practices or expert in, black-magician; a sorcerer.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shunya, Agara.

Starts with: Shunyagarakritalaya, Shunyagaravasa.

Ends with: Amkashunyagara.

Full-text: Shunyagarakritalaya, Brimhayitar, Vrimhayitar, Pratishraya, Shunya.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

I. Position of the recollections in the prajñāpāramitā < [Part 1 - Position and results of the recollections]

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