A small tuft of white hair that grows on the forehead of the Buddha, in the spot between the eyebrows. It is one of the thirty-two major signs identifying the Buddha as a Great Being.
a symbol of prefection in the Buddha, a tuft of hair between the eyebrows
A mark on the Buddha's forehead, between his eyebrows, that signifies his great intuition.
One of the thirty-two marks of a great man distinguishing the Buddha. The urna is the dot located between his eyes or at the center of his forehead. Some interpret this mark as a third eye.
(Sanskrit) The jewel or small protuberance between the eyes of a Buddha Rupa or statue representing the 'third eye of spiritual vision'.
(Pronunciation: "OOR-nah") A coil of hair on the forehead (often depicted as a jewel), one of the traditional identifying aspects of a Buddha.
An Urna is a concave circular dot- an auspicious mark manifested by a whorl of white hair on the forehead between the eyebrows. It is often found on the 2nd and 3rd Century sculptures of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas. Sometimes it is represented with a jewel.
