The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromशून्यता
- English todaysunyata
From Sanskrit शून्यता (śūnyatā), from शून्य (śūnya, “zero, nothing”) + ता (-tā, “generalizing suffix”). Cognate with Pali suññatā.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Emptiness, the absence of an intrinsic essence or nature which is stable and separable from other things. Full definition →
From Sanskrit शून्यता (śūnyatā), from शून्य (śūnya, “zero, nothing”) + ता (-tā, “generalizing suffix”). Cognate with Pali suññatā.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.