urna; white hair whorl between Buddha's eyebrows
In Buddhist iconography, a curl of white hair between the eyebrows of the Buddha, often depicted as a jewel or dot on statues. A technical term encountered in descriptions of Buddhist art.
The urna between the eyebrows of a Buddha statue symbolizes wisdom.
The urna is considered one of the thirty-two marks of a Buddha.
Standard kanji spelling for this Buddhist term.
Variant with irregular kanji 亳; rarely used.
From Middle Chinese 白毫 (bæk haw), literally 'white fine hair'. The term is a direct borrowing used in Buddhist texts.