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शून्य mfn. amf(आ)n. empty, void (with वाजिन् = ‘a riderless horse’; with राज्य = ‘a kingless kingdom’), hollow, barren, desolate, deserted, [Br.] &c. &c.
empty i.e. vacant (as a look or stare), absent, absentminded, having no certain object or aim, distracted, [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] &c.
empty i.e. possessing nothing, wholly destitute, [MBh.] ; [Kathās.]
wholly alone or solitary, having no friends or companions, [R.] ; [BhP.]
void of, free from, destitute of (instr. or comp. ), wanting, lacking, [Kāv.] ; [Kathās.] ; [Pur.] ; [Sarvad.] non-existent, absent, missing, [Kāv.] ; [Pañcat.]
vain, idle, unreal, nonsensical, [R.] ; [Rājat.] ; [Sarvad.]
अ-शून्यं-√ कृ void of results, ineffectual (, ‘to effect’, ‘accomplish’), [Śak.] ; [Ratnâv.]
free from sensitiveness or sensation (said of the skin), insensible, [Bhpr.]
bare, naked, [MW.]
guileless, innocent, ib.
indifferent, ib.
शून्य n. n. a void, vacuum, empty or deserted place, desert (शून्ये, in a lonely place), [MBh.] ; [R.] &c.
(in phil. ) vacuity, nonentity, absolute non-existence (esp. with Buddhists), [IW. 83 n. 3; 105, n.4] ; [MWB. 7 n. 1; 142]
N. of ब्रह्म, [MW.]
(in arithm. ) nought, a cypher, [VarBṛS.] ; [Gaṇit.] (cf. [IW. 183] )
space, heaven, atmosphere, [L.]
a partic. phenomenon in the sky, [L.]
an earring (See next). [cf. Gk. κενός, κενεός; Aeol. κέννος.]
शून्य b &c. See p. 1085, col. 1.
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