suññatā

emptiness, “void,” unsubstantiality, phenomenality; freedom from lust, ill-will and dullness, Nibbāna MN.iii.111; Kv.232; Dhs-a.221; Ne.118 sq., Ne.123 sq., Ne.126; Mil.16; Vism.333 (n’atthi; suñña; vivitta; i, e. abhāva, suññatā, vivitt’ ākāra), Vism.578 (12 fold, relating to the Paṭiccasamuppāda), Vism.653 sq.; Vb-a.262 (atta˚, attaniya˚, niccabhāva˚).

  • -pakāsana the gospel of emptiness DN-a.i.99, DN-a.i.123;
  • -paṭisaṃyutta relating to the Void, connected with Nibbāna AN.i.72 = AN.iii.107 = SN.ii.267; DN-a.i.100 sq.; Mil.16
  • -vihāra dwelling in the concept of emptiness Vin.ii.304; MN.iii.104, MN.iii.294. See on term e.g. Cpd. 69; Kvu translation 142, n. 4.

abstr. fr. suñña