Shunyaka, Śūnyaka: 5 definitions
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Shunyaka means something in 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 Śūnyaka can be transliterated into English as Sunyaka or Shunyaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Śūnyaka (शून्यक).—The city of Bhaṇḍa on the banks of the Mahārṇava (sea?) near Mahendra hill: In extent 100 Yojanas: filled with candraśālas, pleasure parks, sabhā, temples and so on: protected by Kuṭilākṣa on all sides when it was attacked by fifty akṣauhinis of soldiers;1 burnt by Lalitā with civil population.2
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Śūnyaka (शून्यक).—adj. (Sanskrit Gr. id., AMg. sunnaya; = Sanskrit śūnya; pejorative force may be suspected, at least in some cases), empty, vain: Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 346.9, see s.v. asāraka; °ka dharma nirātmaka sarve Samādhirājasūtra 19.30 (verse); saṃskāra nirīha °kāḥ Lalitavistara 176.3 (verse); (kṣetrakoṭinayutāni bahūni) °kāni puruṣapravarehi Mahāvastu i.122.3 (verse), empty (in lit. sense) of Buddhas, containing none.
1) Śūnyaka (शून्यक):—[from śū] mfn. (= śūnya) empty, void [gana] yāvādi
2) [v.s. ...] n. absence, lack of ([genitive case]), [Mahābhārata]
Śūnyaka (शून्यक):—adj. = śūnya leer gana yāvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 29.] n. das Nichtdasein, Fehlen, Mangeln: manuṣyadehaśūnyakaṃ bhavatyamutra gacchataḥ [Mahābhārata 12, 12097.]
Śunyaka (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 空 [kōng]: “emptiness”.
2) Śūnyakā (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 空寂 [kōng jì]: “void and tranquil”.
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)
Starts with (+0): Shunyakalpa, Shunyakanatha, Shunyakara, Shunyakarna.
Full-text (+0): Shunyakanatha, Talajanghaka, Talabhuja, Talagriva, Talaketu, Kong ji, Asaraka, Kong, Lalita.
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