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Śūnyatā (Sanskrit, also ''shunyata''; Pali: ''suññatā''), translated into English as ''emptiness'', ''voidness'',〔(Suñña ) - Palikanon.com,〕 ''openness'',〔"The Tibetan Buddhism Reader", edited by Reginald A. Ray, page 96〕 ''spaciousness'', or ''vacuity'', is a Buddhist concept which has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context. In Theravada Buddhism, suññatā often refers to the not-self (Pāli: ''anatta'', Sanskrit: ''anātman'') nature of the five aggregates of experience and the six sense spheres. Suññatā is also often used to refer to a meditative state or experience. ''Sunyata'' is a key term in Mahayana Buddhism, and also influenced some schools of Hindu philosophy. ==Etymology== "''Śūnyatā''" (Sanskrit noun from the adj. ''śūnya'' or ''śhūnya'': "zero, nothing") is usually translated as "emptiness". It is the noun form of the adjective "''śūnya''" (Sanskrit) which means "empty" or "void",〔Monier-Williams, Sir Monier (2nd edn, 1899) (''A Sanskrit-English Dictionary'' ). Reprinted Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 1986: p.1085.〕 hence "empti"-"ness" (''-tā''). ''Sunya'' comes from the root ''svi'', meaning "hollow", plus ''-ta'' "-ness", therefore "hollow, hollowness". A common alternative term is "voidness". This word is ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo European root ''k̑eu-'' which means 'to swell' and also 'to grow'.〔''Indo-European Lexicon''. University of Texas http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/ielex/X/P0954.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Śūnyatā」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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