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Brihati, two marmas running straight from the roots of the breasts to both sides of the spine in the back; a blow there causes bleeding and death.

Brihati, running from the roots of the breasts to the spine, kills through bleeding when struck; amsaphalaka, in the upper back bound to the trika, makes the arms wither or go numb.

The body is said to have 107 vital points (marma).

Nineteen marmas (eight neck vessels, guda, hridaya, basti, nabhi, adhipati, two shankha and four shringataka) kill at once; twenty-nine (eight of the chest, four talahridaya, four…