Translations of
Urna
Sanskritऊर्णा
(IAST: ūrṇā)
Paliउण्ण
(uṇṇa)
Chinese白毫
(Pinyin: Báiháo)
Japanese白毫
(Rōmaji: byakugō)
Korean백호
(RR: baekho)
Tibetanམཛོད་སྦུས་
(Wylie: mdzod spu)
VietnameseBạch mao tướng
Glossary of Buddhism

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]

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]

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References

  1. ^ Buswell, Robert Jr; Lopez, Donald S. Jr., eds. (2013). ūrṇākeśa, in: a Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691157863.
  2. ^ a b "The Lost Buddhas: Chinese Buddhist Sculpture from Qingzhou". Asian Art. April 14, 2012. Archived from the original on June 24, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  3. ^ Stratton, Carol (2004). Buddhist Sculpture of Northern Thailand. Serindia Publications. p. 50. ISBN 9781932476095.
  4. ^ Holt, John Clifford; Kinnard, Jacob N.; Walters, Jonathan S. (2012). Constituting Communities: Theravada Buddhism and the Religious Cultures of South and Southeast Asia. SUNY Press. p. 191. ISBN 9780791487051.
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