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Katikataruna, two marmas on either side of the spine at the base of the back, in the two hip bones; a wound there causes loss of semen and impotence.

Closes the twelve marmas of abdomen and chest and begins those of the back: katikataruna, on either side of the spine in the hip bones, causes loss of semen and impotence when wounded.

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

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…

Nitamba, two marmas above the two hip blades (the katikataruna region), bound to the flanks that cover the inner organs; a blow there dries up the lower body and the person dies weakened.