Pāli Dictionary

suññata

suññastemtāsuffixasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

tuccha, tucchaka, ākiñcañña, aghagata

doctrine

  • empty; void; devoid of self or subjectivity

  • Dhp 92

    yesaṃ sannicayo n'atthi, ye pariññātabhojanā, suññato animitto ca, vimokkho yesaṃ gocaro, ākāse va sakuntānaṃ, gati tesaṃ durannayā.

  • MN 43

    katamā c'āvuso, suññatā cetovimutti? idh'āvuso, bhikkhu araññagato vā rukkhamūlagato vā suññ'āgāragato vā iti paṭisañcikkhati, suññam'idaṃ attena vā attaniyena vā'ti. ayaṃ vuccat'āvuso, suññatā cetovimutti.

  • (as noun) emptiness; voidness; non-subjectivity

  • (as noun) the Suññatavagga (Vagga 13 of the Majjhima Nikāya), or the Cūḷasuññata and Mahāsuññata suttas

suññatā

approximate

suññastemtāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

doctrine

  • emptiness; voidness; non-subjectivity

  • SN 20.7

    ye te sutt'antā tathāgatabhāsitā gambhīrā gambhīr'atthā lok'uttarā suññatappaṭisaṃyuttā, tesu bhaññamānesu na sussūsissanti na sotaṃ odahissanti na aññā cittaṃ upaṭṭhāpessanti na ca te dhamme uggahetabbaṃ pariyāpuṇitabbaṃ maññissanti.

  • in reference to the Cūḷasuññata-sutta (MN 121) and Mahāsuññata-sutta (MN 122)

  • SN 20.7

    ye te sutt'antā tathāgatabhāsitā gambhīrā gambhīr'atthā lok'uttarā suññatappaṭisaṃyuttā, tesu bhaññamānesu na sussūsissanti na sotaṃ odahissanti na aññā cittaṃ upaṭṭhāpessanti na ca te dhamme uggahetabbaṃ pariyāpuṇitabbaṃ maññissanti.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

suñātā
  1. su

    well; good; right; thoroughly; very (prefix)

  2. ñātāñāta

    known; recognized; understood

suññātā
  1. suññāsuñña

    empty; void; devoid (of); unsubstantial; lacking (a self or defilements)

  2. tā

    they; those; them (feminine plural of the pronoun ‘ta’)

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