Urna
Spiral or circular dot placed on the forehead of Buddhist images / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In Buddhist art and culture, the Urna (ūrṇā, ūrṇākeśa or ūrṇākośa[1][2] (Pāli uṇṇa), and known as 白毫; báiháo in Chinese) is a spiral or circular dot placed on the forehead of Buddhist images as an auspicious mark.[2][3]
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Translations of Urna | |
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Sanskrit | ऊर्णा (IAST: ūrṇā) |
Pali | उण्ण (uṇṇa) |
Chinese | 白毫 (Pinyin: Báiháo) |
Japanese | 白毫 (Rōmaji: byakugō) |
Korean | 백호 (RR: baekho) |
Tibetan | མཛོད་སྦུས་ (Wylie: mdzod spu) |
Vietnamese | Bạch mao tướng |
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As set out in the Lakkhana Sutta or 'Discourse on Marks', the ūrṇā is the thirty-first physical characteristic of Buddha.[4] It is generally thought to be a whorl of hair and be a mark or sign of the Buddha as a mahāpuruṣa or great being.[citation needed] The device is often seen on sculptures from the 2nd century CE.[citation needed]