The word "bindu, meaning "drop" in Sanskrit...(these) are small coloured ornamental dots worn in the middle of foreheads in India...this traditional red dot, representing the mystical third eye, could be seen on men and women alike."http://www.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php?Quote=64179&Popup=1 In Tantric Buddhism, however, the term bindu refers to an aspect of the anatomy of the 'subtle body' supposedly composed of drops and winds: "the drops and winds are features of our energy system and have varying degrees of subtlety."http://www.berzinarchives.com/e-books/developing_balanced_sensitivity/sensitivity_17.html Grasping at Mind's Natural Functions for Security Alexander Berzin