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

Shankha, between brow-tail, forehead and ear, kills at once; avarta, above the brows, destroys the eyes; with a dart in utkshepaka (at the hairline above shankha) or sthapani (between the…

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.

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.

Utkshepaka, two marmas at the upper border of the shankha marmas, at the hairline; if a dart (shalya) lodges there the person lives as long as it stays in, or if it falls out by itself…

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…