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|Glossary-Tibetan=སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ | |Glossary-Tibetan=སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ | ||
|Glossary-Wylie=stong pa nyid | |Glossary-Wylie=stong pa nyid | ||
|Glossary-Phonetic=tong pa nyi | |||
|Glossary-Devanagari=शून्यता | |Glossary-Devanagari=शून्यता | ||
|Glossary-Sanskrit=śūnyatā | |Glossary-Sanskrit=śūnyatā | ||
|Glossary-PhoneticSkt=shunyata | |Glossary-PhoneticSkt=shunyata | ||
|Glossary-Chinese=空 | |Glossary-Chinese=空 | ||
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|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun | |Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun | ||
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit | |Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit | ||
|Glossary-Definition=The state of being empty of an innate nature, or inherent existence, due to a lack of independent characteristics. | |||
|Glossary-Senses=A method of explaining the ultimate truth through a negative assertion and thus highlighting what true reality lacks, rather than making a positive assertion of what that reality actually is. | |Glossary-Senses=A method of explaining the ultimate truth through a negative assertion and thus highlighting what true reality lacks, rather than making a positive assertion of what that reality actually is. | ||
|Glossary-SutraQuote=Form is emptiness; emptiness is form. <br> | |Glossary-SutraQuote=Form is emptiness; emptiness is form. <br> | ||
Revision as of 09:33, 27 September 2018
| Key Term | śūnyatā |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | stong pa nyid |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | शून्यता |
| Romanized Sanskrit | śūnyatā |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | tong pa nyi |
| Sanskrit Phonetic Rendering | shunyata |
| Chinese Script | 空 |
| Chinese Pinyin | kōng |
| Japanese Script | 空 |
| Japanese Transliteration | kū |
| English Standard | emptiness |
| Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term | emptiness |
| Richard Barron's English Term | emptiness |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | emptiness |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | emptiness |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | The state of being empty of an innate nature, or inherent existence, due to a lack of independent characteristics. |
| Has the Sense of | A method of explaining the ultimate truth through a negative assertion and thus highlighting what true reality lacks, rather than making a positive assertion of what that reality actually is. |
| Related Terms | rangtong;zhentong |
| Definitions | |
| Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism | In Sanskrit, “emptiness”; the term has a number of denotations, but is most commonly associated with the perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) sūtras and the Madhyamaka school of Mahāyāna philosophy. See page 871. |
| Tshig mdzod Chen mo | rang bzhin med pa'i gnas lugs sam de kho na nyid |
| sutra/śastra quote: |
Form is emptiness; emptiness is form. |
| sutra/śastra quote source: | Heart Sūtra |
| Usage Example |
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