śūnyatā (15161)

śūnyatā
Entry 15161, Page 532, Col. 1

(SUnyatA, SUnyatA)
śūnyatā¦ (Pali suññatā; in Pali an adj. suññata seems to have developed, see s.v. apraṇihita, but not in BHS as far as I know), emptiness, void, vacuité (S. Lévi, La Vallée-Poussin): often associated with ānimitta (an°), and apraṇihita, q.v. for SP 101.1; 136.13; 137.2; LV 422.20; paribhāvitā śūnyata dīrgharātram SP 117.7 (vs), we have meditated long on emptiness; °tā-bhāvanatayā RP 10.7, by the fact of realization of the emptiness (of things); °tāsu satataṃ gatiṃgata 10.16 (vs); there are different lists of kinds of ś°; eighteen in Mvy 933--951, found fre- quently in the same order in ŚsP, notably in 1407.4 ff. where each is defined and explained at great length, and nearly the same list, but with three additions and one subtraction, making 20 in all, Dharmas 41; this list is: adhyātma-ś°, bahirdhā-, adhyātmabahirdhā-, śūnyatā-ś°, mahā-, paramārtha-, saṃskṛta-, asaṃskṛta-, atyanta-, anavarāgra-, anavakāra-, prakṛti-, sarvadharma-, sva- lakṣaṇa- (Dharmas omits sva), anupalambha- (not in Dharmas, which adds here alakṣaṇa-, bhāva-), abhāva-, svabhāva-, abhāvasvabhāva- (Dharmas adds parabhāva-); seven kinds listed and defined Laṅk 74.5 ff., lakṣaṇa-ś°, bhāvasvabhāva-, apracarita-, pracarita-, sarvadharmanira- bhilāpya-, paramārthāryajñānamahā-, and itaretara-; in Sūtrāl xiv.34 only three kinds, abhāva-ś°, tathābhāvasya ś°, prakṛtyā (prakṛti-)ś° (defined in comm.).