शून्य [ śūnya ] [ śūnyá ] m. f. n. empty , void (with [ vājin ] = " a riderless horse " ; with [ rājya ] = " a kingless kingdom " ) , hollow , barren , desolate , deserted Lit. Br.

  empty i.e. vacant (as a look or stare) , absent , absentminded , having no certain object or aim , distracted Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  empty i.e. possessing nothing , wholly destitute Lit. MBh. Lit. Kathās.

  wholly alone or solitary , having no friends or companions Lit. R. Lit. BhP.

  void of , free from , destitute of (instr. or comp.) , wanting , lacking Lit. Kāv. Lit. Kathās. Lit. Pur. Lit. Sarvad. non-existent , absent , missing Lit. Kāv. Lit. Pañcat.

  vain , idle , unreal , nonsensical Lit. R. Lit. Rājat. Lit. Sarvad.

  void of results , ineffectual ( [ a-śūnyaṃ-√ kṛ ] , " to effect " , " accomplish " ) Lit. Śak. Lit. Ratnâv.

  free from sensitiveness or sensation (said of the skin) , insensible Lit. Bhpr.

  bare , naked Lit. MW.

  guileless , innocent Lit. ib.

  indifferent Lit. ib.

  [ śūnyā ] f. a hollow reed Lit. L.

  a barren woman Lit. L.

  Cactus Indicus = [ malī ] ( for [ nalī ] ?) Lit. L.

  [ śūnya ] n. a void , vacuum , empty or deserted place , desert ( [ śūnye ] , in a lonely place) Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

  (in phil.) vacuity , nonentity , absolute non-existence (esp. with Buddhists) Lit. IW. 83 n. 3 ; 105 , n.4 Lit. MWB. 7 n. 1 ; 142

  N. of Brahma Lit. MW.

  (in arithm.) nought , a cypher Lit. VarBṛS. Lit. Gaṇit. ( cf. Lit. IW. 183)

  space , heaven , atmosphere Lit. L.

  a partic. phenomenon in the sky. Lit. L.

  an earring (see next) . ( cf. Gk. 1 , 2 ; Aeol. 3. )