[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.652 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.652 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.652 - **Language:** English ### [c8.652](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.652) MARMAN. According to Indian Śāstras there are 108 Marmans in the body of a living being. Of these the most important are forehead, eyes, eye-brows, armpits, shoulders heart, chin etc. Bhaviṣya Purāṇa, Chapter 34 says that a snake-bite or a heavy blow on any one of these marmans would prove fatal. - [Previous: c8.651](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.651) - [Next: c8.653](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.653) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Bhaviṣyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhavisya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.652](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.652) · Pramāṇa