MARMA IN UPANISHAD Plenty of material of anatomical interest is found in Chandagya Upanishad, Kshirakopanishad, and Garbhopanishad. There are 107 marmas described in Garbhopanishad. MARMA IN ITIHAASA Marma have been referred in our itihaasa ie Ramayana and Mahabarata.The arrow shot accidentally by Dasradh to the marma point of Shravan Kumar, …show more content…
Marma Sushruta Vagbhata
Mamsa Marma 11 10
Sira Marma 41 37
Snayu Marma 27 23
Asthi Marma 8 8
Sandhi Marma 20 20
Dhamani Marma - 9
Total 107 107
Table No- 1 Structral classification of marma
A) MAMSA MARMA
Mamsa denotes mamsa peshi (muscles) in our body. It covers or conceals Sira, Snayu, Parva (joints of bone), Asthi and Sandhi.Muscles are strong structures that give stability to other structures also Mamsa peshis show much variation in size and shape according to the site of attachment such as thick or thin, large or small, short or circular, short or long, hard or soft, smooth or rough. Modern medicine classified marma according to their
1) Structure - Striated or Non striated 2) Distribution- Skeletal, Cardiac and Visceral
3) Control- Voluntary or Involuntary Susruta says that there are 500 mamsa peshi present in the shareera,out of these 400 are in the Shakhas(extremities),66 in Koshta(trunk) and 34 in the greeva and above(Head and neck).According to Vagbhata,there are 40 in the greeva and above and 60 in