As a deity name
Name 463 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 398 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
शून्या · noun · feminine
नलिका या नली नाम का गंधद्रव्य · वंध्या स्त्री । बाँझ औरत, जिसे कोई संतान न होती हो · नरकट । नरसल (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
शून्या · śūnyā · s.f.
(see śūnya), A hollow reed — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 737
Cited formation "शून्या" is शून्य + -आ: शून्य means "zero; 0", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "शून्या" is शून्य + -आ: शून्य means "zero; 0", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a hollow reed
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śūnyā" is the feminine form of "śūnya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
śūnyā (ā), f. a hollow reed, L.
a barren woman, L.
Cactus Indicus = malī (for nalī?), L.
śūnyā 1 A hollow reed. 2 A barren woman. 3 The prickly pear.
śūnya mf(ā)n. empty, void (with vājin = ‘a riderless horse’; with rājya = ‘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.
Alternative readings
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