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Janu marma is the knee, at the joint of shank and thigh; a wound there causes lameness and pain.

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.

Two marmas lie between the neck and the shoulder, named krakanyamsaka in the commentary under the heading of the amsa marmas; a blow there stiffens the head, shoulder, arm and back.

Ani marma lies three finger-breadths above the knee on both sides; a wound there causes pain, stiffness of the thigh and increasing swelling.

Manya marmas are the other two of the four throat marmas, one beside nila on each side; a blow there likewise causes muteness, change of voice, loss of taste and death.

Phana, two marmas inside the nose on both sides, along the channels of the nostrils; a blow there destroys the power of smell.

Shankha, two marmas above the tail of the eyebrows between the forehead and the ears; a blow there causes immediate death.

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

Kurpara marma, the elbow, stands in the arm in place of janu (the knee); its injury gives the same signs as janu.

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…