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Indravasti marma lies in the middle of the calf, in line above the heel; a blow or piercing there causes bleeding and death.

Indravasti, in the middle of the calf above the heel, kills through bleeding when struck or pierced; janu, the knee joint, causes lameness and pain when wounded.

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…