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shunya

शून्य shunya

Zero, or the void; used by Pingala as a marker within his enumeration of metres, one of the earliest appearances of zero as a symbol.

Where this term appears

  • Keeping the Sound Treatise

    …a further detail: in carrying out his algorithm Pingala uses the word shunya , "empty" or "zero," as a marker within the procedure.

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