शून्यśūnyaa.Empty, void.
[शूनायै प्राणिवधाय हितं रहस्यस्थानत्वात् यत् Tv.]
- Empty, void.
- Vacant (applied also to the heart, glances etc.), absent, listless; गमनमलसं शून्या दृष्टिः Māl. 1.17; see शून्यहृदय below.
- Non-existent.
- Lonely, desolate, secluded, deserted; शून्येषु शूरा न के K. Parasmaipada7; Bk.6.9; शून्यं मन्ये जगदविरतज्वालमन्तर्ज्वलामि Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3. 38; M¯l.9.2.
- Dejected, downcast, dispirited; शून्या जगाम भवनाभमुखी कथंचित् Ku.3.75; Ki.17.39.
- Utterly devoid or deprived of, without, wanting in (with Instrumental or in comp.); अङ्गुलीयकशून्या मे अङ्गुलिः Ś. 5; दयाdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, ज्ञानdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, etc.
- Indifferent.
- Guileless.
- Nonsensical, unmeaning; मुहुरविशदवर्णां निद्रया शून्यशून्याम् Śi.11.4.
- Bare, naked.
Derived forms and compounds
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-न्यम्
- A vacuum, void, blank.
- The sky, space, atmosphere.
- A cipher, dot.
- Non-entity, (absolute) non-existence; दूषण- शून्यबिन्दवः Name1.21.
- Name of Brahman.
- An earring; शून्यकर्णः Amaru.
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-अशून्यम् emancipation of the spirit even during a person's life (जीवन्मुक्ति).
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-पदवी the passage of the soul (ब्रह्मरन्ध्र).
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-पालः a substitute; त्वां हि मत्स्यो महीपालः शून्यपालमिहाकरोत् Mb.4. 35.11 (com. राज्ञोऽसन्निधाने पालकम्).
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-मध्यः a hollow reed.
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-मनस्, -मनस्क Adjective absent-minded, listless.
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-मुख, -वदन Adjective with a blank face, with a downcast countenance.
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-वादः the doctrine of the non-existence of anything, the doctrine of a Buddhist sect.
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-वादिन्
- Masculine
- absent-minded; V.2; कस्मिन्नपि पूजार्हेऽपराद्धा शून्यहृदया शकुन्तला Ś.4.
- open-hearted, unsuspecting.
- an atheist.
- a Buddhist.
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-व्यापार Adjective unoccupied.
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-हृदय Adjective
