A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c15.23

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The total number of vital spots (marman) in trunk (skandha) and extremities (śākhā) is one hundred and seven.64 Excruciating (samadhika) pain is the result from any injury to them, because of their connection with the cetanā (the principle of consciousness). Those located in the trunk are more important than those located in the extremities, because the latter are dependent on the former. The most important ones are heart (hṛd), urinary bladder (basti) and head (śiras) (9.3).