An English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita, Vol. II — trans. Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (1911)
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II They are S'ira-Marmas (arterial anestomsis) to the lengt of half a finger and belong to the Kalantara class.
Chap. VI.] SARIRA StHANAM. 185
which commencing from the roots of the breast course round both the sides of the spinal column (Pristha-vams'a), cause excessive bleeding, and the patient dies, as supervening symptoms arise from an excessive loss of blood. An injury to any of the two Amsa-phalakaMarmas* situated on either side of the vertebral column and connected with the scapula brings on anesthesia or atrophy (So?ha) of the arms. There are two Marmas known as Amsa-Marmasf which are situated on cither side midway between the neck and the head of the arms and connect the Amsa-Pitha (glenoid cavity) and the Skandha (shoulder). An injury to any of these Marmas is attended with an incapacity of moving the hands. Thus the fourteen Marmas in the back iiave been described. 57-65.
The Jatrugata-IYIarmas : -Now wc shall
describe the Marmas which are situated in the regions above the clavicles (Urddhva-Jatru). There are four Dhamani (arteries) about the two sides of the KanthaNadi (wind-pipe). Two of them arc known as Nila, and the other two as Manyai. One Nila and one Manya are situated on either side of the larynx, (i.e , anterior and posterior side of the larynx\ An injury to any of them produces dumbness, and change of voice (hoarseness), and also the loss of the faculty of taste. ^ An injury to any of the eight Siras (arteries), four being on each side of the neck (Griva), and known as Sira'-Ma'trikaMarmas § ) ends fatally within the day. 66-69.
* It is an Asthi-Marma, half a finger in length and is Vaikalyakara.
t They are Snayu Marmas, half a finger in length and of the Vaikalyakara class.
+ They are S'ira-Marmas, to the lengrh of four fingers and of the Vaikalyakara class.
§ They are S'ira-Marmas, four fingers in length and of the SadyoMaran class.
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An injury to any of the two Marmas lying at the junction of the head and neck (Griva) and known as Krikattik^* (transverse process of the arch of the atlas) results in a free movement of the head. A hurt to any of the Marmas attached to the lower end of an ear (posterior extrensic ligament) and known as the Vidhurai* Marma results in the loss of hearing. An injury to the Phana-Marmas^ attached to the interior channels of both the nostrils, results in the loss of the faculty of smell. An injury to the Apanga-Marmas § (Anastomosis of the infra-orbital artery) situated below the tips of the eye-brows and about the external corners of the eyes, brings on blindness or defective vision. An injury to the Avarta-Marmas 11 situated above and below the eye-brows, brings on blindness and impaired vision. An injury to the Sankha- Marmas"^ (meeting or suture of the temporal, frontal and sphenoid bones — Pterion), situated over the tips of the eye-brows and between the ears and the forehead, results in death within the day. The Marmas situated over the two temples (Sankha) and at the border of the hair (sculp) are called UtkshepaMarma (meeting of the posterior and anterior temporal arteries)$. An extraction of a shaft (Salya) or of any t It is a S'nayu-Marma, and is of the Vaikalyakara class.
* They are Sandhi-Marmas, half a finger in length, and of the Vaikalyakara group.
X They are S'ird-Marmas to the length of half a finger and of the Vaikalyakara class,
§ They are S'ita Marmas to the length of half a finger and of the Vaikalyakara class.
il They are Sandhi-Marmas, to the length of half a finger and of the Vaikalyakara class.
IT They are Asthi-Marmas to the length of half a finger.
$ They are S'nayu-Marmas, half a finger in length and of the Vib'alyaghna class.
Chap. V/.J SARIRA STHANAM. lil^
extraneous pointed thing lodged into these Marmas, results in the death of the patient, who, on the contrary, lives as long as the shaft is allowed to remain inside or if the shaft comes out itself (after putrefaction). 70-75, An injury to the Sthapani-Marma* (nasal arch of the frontal veins), situated in the middle of the eyebrows, ends in the manner of the preceding one. An injury Co any of the five joints of the head which are known as the Simanta-Marmasf, results in fear, insensibility and madness of the patient and terminates in death. An injury to any of the four SringatakaMarmas]: which forms the junction of the four Siris (nerves), (branches of the facial artery) and soothes the nose, the eyes, the ears and the tongue, proves fatal within the day. An injury to the Adhipati- Marmas § (the vertical groove on the frontal bone) which is marked in the inner side of the roof of the cranium by the SiraSannipata (superior longitudinal sinus), and on the exterior side by the ringlet of the hair (Romavarta) proves fatal within the day. Thus we have described the thirty-seven Marmas, situated in the region above the clavicles (Urddhva-Jatru). 76-80.
IVIcmorabIc Verses :— An incision should
be made at the spot a finger's width remote from the Urvi, Kurchcha-Sird, Vitapa, Kaksha and a Pars'vaMarma ; whereas, a clear space of two fingers should
* They are S'ira-Marmas to the length of half a finger and of the Visalyaghna class.
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