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Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- उत्क्षेपक मर्म
- Hindi
- उत्क्षेपक मर्म
- English
- Utkshepaka marma
What the text says
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Anatomy1
Utkshepaka, two marmas at the upper border of the shankha marmas, at the hairline; if a dart (shalya) lodges there the person lives as long as it stays in, or if it falls out by itself after suppuration, but dies at once if it is pulled out.
Questions and answers
What does the text say happens when a dart lodged in the utkshepaka or sthapani marma is pulled out?
The person dies at once; he lives while the dart stays in, or if it falls out by itself after suppuration.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Principle
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 20
- Extraction tasks
- T22
- Record id
- concept_marma_utkshepaka