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Gulpha marma lies at the joint of foot and shank (the ankle); a blow there causes stiffness, numbness (loss of touch) and pain.

Kurcha, above the middle of the foot on both sides, makes the foot whirl or tremble when wounded; kurchashira, below the ankle, gives swelling and pain; gulpha, at the ankle joint, gives…

Guda marma is the anus, joined to the large intestine and the outlet for apana vayu and stool; a wound there causes immediate death.

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

Manibandha marma, the wrist, stands in the arm in place of gulpha in the leg; its injury gives the same signs as gulpha.

Utkshepaka and sthapani kill when the lodged dart is drawn out; forty-eight marmas, from janu and urvi to krikatika and katikataruna, cause disability; eight (four kurchashira, two…