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Kshipra marma lies between the big toe and the toe next to it; piercing it is said to bring on akshepaka, a convulsive vata disorder, and death.

Kshipra, between the big toe and the next toe, brings akshepaka and death when pierced; talahridaya, in the middle of the sole in line with the middle toe, brings pain and death.

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

Kurcha marma lies above the middle of the foot on both sides (above kshipra, towards the toes, says the commentary); a wound there makes the foot whirl or tremble.

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…