A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.617.2

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marmans are called thus because (injury to them) leads to death (maraṇakāritva); marmans are aggregates (sannipāta) of muscular tissue, sirās, snāvas, bones and joints;³⁹⁰ injury results in damage (ābādha) to the prāṇas; the marmans are classified according to the type of structure prevailing (7.13);³⁹¹ the eleven māṃsamarmans,³⁹² forty-one sirāmarmans,³⁹³ twenty-seven snāvamarmans,³⁹⁴ eight asthimarmans,³⁹⁵ and twenty sandhimarmans³⁹⁶ (7.14); the nineteen marmans of the sadyahprāṇahara group; injury to them leads to death within a week (7.15);³⁹⁷ the thirty-three marmans of the kālāntaraprāṇahara group; injury will have its effects within half a lunar month;³⁹⁸ injury to a kṣipra may quickly be fatal (7.16); the three marmans of the viśalyaghna group:³⁹⁹ someone with an injury to one of these will remain alive as long as air does not escape from the wound (7.17);⁴⁰⁰ the forty-four marmans of the vaikalyakara group; injury is sometimes fatal (7.18);⁴⁰¹ the eight marmans of the rujākara group (7.19);⁴⁰² some authorities assert that injuries which affect all five structures forming part of a marman are sadyahprāṇahara, while those affecting four of them are kālāntaraprāṇahara, etc. (7.20);⁴⁰³ others again do not accept the usual classifications of the marmans, insisting that svabhāva is the only determining factor with regard to the effects of an injury;