A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.617.1

v1.c25.617.1

The subjects discussed are: the number of marmans is 107; forty-four are found in the extremities, twenty-six in the trunk, thirty-seven in the part above (the trunk) (7.2); descriptions of the marmans in the leg up to the knee and the disorders resulting from injuries to them: the talahṛdaya,³⁴⁵ kṣipra,³⁴⁶ kūrca,³⁴⁷ kūrcaśiras,³⁴⁸ gulpha,³⁴⁹ indrabasti,³⁵⁰ and jānu³⁵¹ (knee) (7.3); the marmans in the thigh: the āṇi,³⁵² urvī,³⁵³ lohitākṣa,³⁵⁴ and viṭapa;³⁵⁵ the marmans in the arms correspond to those of the legs; the gulpha corresponds to the maṇibandha (wrist), the jānu to the kūrpara (elbow), the viṭapa to the kakṣādhara;³⁵⁶ injury to these leads to kuṇitā (crookedness)³⁵⁷ (7.4); the marmans of the trunk: guda (ano-rectal region),³⁵⁸ basti (urinary bladder),³⁵⁹ nābhi (navel)³⁶⁰ (7.5), hṛdaya (heart),³⁶¹ two stanamūlas,³⁶² two stanarohitas,³⁶³ two apastambhas,³⁶⁴ two apālāpas³⁶⁵ (7.6),³⁶⁶ two kaṭīkataruṇas,³⁶⁷ two kukuṇḍaras,³⁶⁸ two nitambas³⁶⁹ (buttocks),³⁷⁰ two pārśvasandhis³⁷⁰ (7.7), two bṛhatīs,³⁷¹ two aṃsaphalakas,³⁷² two aṃsas³⁷³ (7.8);³⁷⁴ the marmans above the trunk: four dhamanīs³⁷⁵ in the neck: two called nīlā and two called manyā,³⁷⁶ the four sirāmātṛkās,³⁷⁷ two kṛkāṭikās,³⁷⁸ two vidhuras,³⁷⁹ two phaṇas,³⁸⁰ two apāṅgas,³⁸¹ two śaṅkhas,³⁸² two āvartas ³⁸³ (7.9), two utkṣepas,³⁸⁴ the sthapanī,³⁸⁵ five sīmantas,³⁸⁶ four śṛṅgāṭakas,³⁸⁷ and the adhipati³⁸⁸ (7.10); the general characteristics of injury to a marman (7.11); the disorders arising (7.12);