Sunyata / Shunyata
(शून्यता)Literal Meaning
Emptiness
Etymology & Sanskrit Root
From 'shunya' (zero, empty); the Mahayana teaching, developed by Nagarjuna, that all phenomena lack independent, inherent existence.
Spiritual Insight & Context
Emptiness is not nothingness but the absence of fixed, independent essence — precisely why phenomena can arise, change, and interrelate freely.