SUNYA

The Sanskrit word sunya means "the Void."

In India more than in any other land, numbers play a mystical role.  Such numbers include 1, 3, 7, 84, 108, etc., but of all, the number and symbol 0--zero--is the most important.  It is expressed in the concept of sunya, the Void.  Sunya, the Void, zero, is the transition point between opposites, symbolizing the true balance within divergent tendencies.  It is the All and the None, the matrix of positive and negative, of generation and destruction.  Metaphysically, 0 is nirvana, the state in which all karma--the result of ignorance--is burned out.