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bhrumadhya

भ्रूमध्य bhrumadhya

The point at the centre of the brow, between and just above the eyebrows, the site of the ajna chakra (the 'third eye'). It is the spot on which meditation is often told to focus the gaze, and the place the bindi marks.

Where this term appears

  • What the bindi actually means Journal

    The point on the body That spot is the centre of the brow, bhrumadhya , the small hollow between and just above the eyebrows.

  • The never-forsaken Treatise

    And it is a point inside the body of the seeker, at the junction of the nose and the brows, the spot the yogic tradition calls the bhrumadhya , the space behind the middle of the forehead.

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