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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.

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.

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

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 four nila and manya marmas beside the throat cause muteness, voice change, loss of taste and death when struck, and the eight matrika marmas on the neck vessels cause instant death.

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