Sunna

Sunna in Pali glossary

suñña : (adj.) empty; void.

Suñña, (adj.) (cp. Sk. śūnya, fr. Vedic śūna, nt. , void) 1. empty, uninhabited D. I, 17; II, 202; S. I, 180; IV, 173; DA. I, 110; Miln. 5.—2. empty, devoid of reality, unsubstantial, phenomenal M. I, 435; S. III, 167; IV, 54, 296; Sn. 1119; Nd1 439 (loka).—3. empty, void, useless M. I, 483; S. IV, 54, 297; Dāvs. V, 17; Miln. 96; Vism. 594 sq. (of nāmarūpa, in simile with suñña dāruyanta). suññasuñña empty of permanent substance Ps. II, 178; asuñña not empty Miln. 130.—nt. suññaṃ emptiness, annihilation, Nibbāna Vism. 513 (three nirodha-suññāni); Abl. °to from the point of view of the “Empty” Nd2 680 (long exegesis of suññato at Sn. 1119); Vism. 512; VbhA. 89, 261; KhA 74.