On the back of their heads, at a
place known as the
bindu
chakra,
i.e. the ‘circle of drops’,
they
grow a small tuft of hair called
codhumbi
(fig.). Brahmins believe that there a
fluid is produced, which can become either
amrita,
the
elixir of immortality,
or the poison of death. |
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Brahmin novices |
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