Dr.Dahejia,<div>With due regards, I mention the following points on the issue of "Sunnya"</div><div>1) "Sunnyata" of Mahayana Buddhism is a purely philosophical concept developed by Asanga and his brother BasuBandhu, embodying the principal of "ChatushKotiBinirmuktwa"..</div><div>2) In the world of Mathematics,probably ,an ancient Indian text dating back to 5th CE B.C, named as "Lokabibhaga" displayed use of decimal system ( including aero) .I would be grateful if any further reference on this text can be furnished.</div><div>3) AryaBhatta's name is&nbsp; associated with the concept of zero" with respect,although there is a view that Maya civilization of Central America introduced the concept of zero.</div><div><br></div><div>Would like to be enlightened more on this.</div><div>Regards</div><div>Alakendu Das.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>Sent from RediffmailNG on Android<br><br><br><br><br>From: Harsha Dehejia via INDOLOGY &lt;indology@list.indology.info&gt;<br>Sent: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 16:20:43 GMT+0530<br>To: Indology List &lt;indology@list.indology.info&gt;<br>Subject: [INDOLOGY] Sunya<br><br>


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Is there any evidence that the sunya of mathematics arose out of the sunyata of Mahayana Buddhism?</div>
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