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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Hinduism & Buddhism A point on the forehead corresponding to one of the chakras in yoga, often depicted as an eye and associated with enlightenment or mystical insight.

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  • noun A personal source of psychic visions and clairvoyance according to certain New Age beliefs.

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  • noun a sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles

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  • Nick Danger. Third Eye.

    October 13, 2007

  • ajna - The third eye is also the sixth chakra. Go figure.

    June 15, 2010

  • See pineal eye.

    June 15, 2010