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Talahridaya marma lies in the middle of the sole in line with the middle toe; piercing it causes pain 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).

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…