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In Buddhist [[art]] and [[culture]], the '''Urna''' (more correctly ūrṇā or ūrṇākośa<ref name="asianart">{{cite web|title=The Lost Buddhas: Chinese Buddhist Sculpture from Qingzhou|url=http://www.asianartnewspaper.com/article/lost-buddhas-chinese-buddhist-sculpture-qingzhou|publisher=Asian Art|date=April 14, 2012|access-date=April 12, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624115810/http://asianartnewspaper.com/article/lost-buddhas-chinese-buddhist-sculpture-qingzhou|archive-date=June 24, 2015}}</ref> (Pāli uṇṇa), and known as ''byakugō'' (白毫) in [[Japan]]) is a [[spiral]] or circular dot placed on the [[forehead]] of Buddhist images as an auspicious mark.<ref name="asianart"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Stratton|first=Carol|title=Buddhist Sculpture of Northern Thailand|publisher=Serindia Publications|year=2004|page=50|ISBN=9781932476095}}</ref> It symbolizes a [[third eye]], which in turn symbolizes vision into the [[divine world]]; a sort of ability to see past our mundane [[universe]] of [[suffering]].
In Buddhist [[art]] and [[culture]], the '''Urna''' (more correctly ūrṇā or ūrṇākośa<ref name="asianart">{{cite web|title=The Lost Buddhas: Chinese Buddhist Sculpture from Qingzhou|url=http://www.asianartnewspaper.com/article/lost-buddhas-chinese-buddhist-sculpture-qingzhou|publisher=Asian Art|date=April 14, 2012|access-date=April 12, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624115810/http://asianartnewspaper.com/article/lost-buddhas-chinese-buddhist-sculpture-qingzhou|archive-date=June 24, 2015}}</ref> (Pāli uṇṇa), and known as ''báiháo'' (白毫) in [[Chinese language|Chinese]]) is a [[spiral]] or [[Bindi (decoration)|circular dot]] placed on the [[forehead]] of Buddhist images as an auspicious mark.<ref name="asianart"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Stratton|first=Carol|title=Buddhist Sculpture of Northern Thailand|publisher=Serindia Publications|year=2004|page=50|ISBN=9781932476095}}</ref> It symbolizes a [[third eye]], which in turn symbolizes vision into the [[divine world]]; a sort of ability to see past our mundane [[universe]] of [[suffering]].


As set out in the ''[[Lakkhana Sutta]]'' or 'Discourse on Marks', the ūrṇā is the thirty-first [[physical characteristics of the Buddha|physical characteristic of Buddha]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holt|first1=John Clifford|last2=Kinnard |first2=Jacob N.|last3=Walters|first3=Jonathan S.|title=Constituting Communities: Theravada Buddhism and the Religious Cultures of South and Southeast Asia|publisher=[[SUNY Press]]|year=2012|page=191|ISBN=9780791487051}}</ref> It is generally thought to be a whorl of [[hair]] and be a mark or [[sign]] of the [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] as a mahāpuruṣa or great being. The device is often seen on [[sculptures]] from the 2nd century CE.
As set out in the ''[[Lakkhana Sutta]]'' or 'Discourse on Marks', the ūrṇā is the thirty-first [[physical characteristics of the Buddha|physical characteristic of Buddha]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holt|first1=John Clifford|last2=Kinnard |first2=Jacob N.|last3=Walters|first3=Jonathan S.|title=Constituting Communities: Theravada Buddhism and the Religious Cultures of South and Southeast Asia|publisher=[[SUNY Press]]|year=2012|page=191|ISBN=9780791487051}}</ref> It is generally thought to be a whorl of [[hair]] and be a mark or [[sign]] of the [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] as a mahāpuruṣa or great being. The device is often seen on [[sculptures]] from the 2nd century CE.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Buddha Victoria & Albert.jpg|Buddha with urna depicted as a circular dot.
Image:Khmer Sacred Symbol, Om or Unalom.png|The [[unalome]] (อุณาโลม) [[yantra]] is a stylised representation of the urna.
</gallery>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Bindi (decoration)]]
* [[Bindi (decoration)]]
* [[Bindu (symbol)]]
* [[Yantra tattooing]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 10:59, 23 May 2021

Translations of
Urna
Sanskritऊर्णा
(IAST: ūrṇā)
Paliउण्ण
(uṇṇa)
Chinese白毫
(PinyinBáiháo)
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 (more correctly ūrṇā or ūrṇākośa[1] (Pāli uṇṇa), and known as báiháo (白毫) in Chinese) is a spiral or circular dot placed on the forehead of Buddhist images as an auspicious mark.[1][2] It symbolizes a third eye, which in turn symbolizes vision into the divine world; a sort of ability to see past our mundane universe of suffering.

As set out in the Lakkhana Sutta or 'Discourse on Marks', the ūrṇā is the thirty-first physical characteristic of Buddha.[3] 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. The device is often seen on sculptures from the 2nd century CE.

Gallery

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "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.
  2. Stratton, Carol (2004). Buddhist Sculpture of Northern Thailand. Serindia Publications. p. 50. ISBN 9781932476095.
  3. 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.