Shunya in Indian Wisdom Tradition

Shunya is a Sanskrit word meaning zero, empty or void. It is derived from the root meaning hellow . It is the root word for the term sunyata, which means “emptiness” or “nothingness”. Shunya is related to the ideas of samadhi, amaratwa, turya and brahman. According to Buddhism sunyata, the voidness that constitutes ultimate reality sunyata is seen not as a negation of existence but rather as the undifferentiation out of which all apparent entities, distinctions, and dualities arise. Shunya means that every material and spiritual entity emerges from nothingness and merges into nothingness, but this supreme nothingness is the all encompassing Brahman who is Existence Consciousness Bliss. Aryabhata, a great astronomer of the classic age of India was the one who invented the digit “0” zero for which he became immortal. 0 zero is a number representing an empty quantity. Adding 0 to any number leaves that number unchanged. In mathematical terminology, 0 is the additive identity. Multiplying any number by 0 has the result 0, and division by zero has no meaning in arithmetic. Shunya define to the formless, shapeless, abstract, omnipresent, invisible, eternal, transcendental and immanent form of ultimate reality or God in Hinduism. Sanghamitra Behera "'Shunya' in Indian Wisdom Tradition" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-4 , August 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd67225.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/67225/shunya-in-indian-wisdom-tradition/sanghamitra-behera