Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: March | Volume: 7 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 262-266
A Conceptual Study of Urdhwajatrugata Marma
Priyanka Mane1, Jayvant Kharat2
1PG Scholar, 2Assistant Professor,
Department of Shalakyatantra, Hon. Shree Annasaheb Dange Ayurved Medical College, Ashta.
Corresponding Author: Priyanka Mane
ABSTRACT
Marma science is one of the important aspects of Ayurveda. Marma are vital and vulnerable spot or area present all over body. The term marma is derived from “Mri” dhatu that means which causes death or deformity on injury. These areas are formed by the confluence of five important structure ie mamsa (muscle), sira(vessels), snayu(ligaments, tendon and other fibrous structure), asthi(bones) and sandhi(joints). Triguna along with aatma (soul) also reside in marma areas. The knowledge of marma is very essential for surgeons because any mistake during surgical procedure at marma areas can cause death of the patient. In modern anatomy, an extensive description regarding course and relation of each artery, vein, nerve is given which protects the surgeon from any unwanted damage of structure during surgical procedure. The anatomy described in Ayurveda is devoid of such information but the extensive description of marma areas fulfills this lacuna ut to some extant for ayurvedic surgeons. Ancient scholars of Ayurveda have described a total 107 marma sites over human body classifying them under various categories based on position, structure, effects of injury and measurment. It is pertinent to mention here that the area of marma which are advised to protect from any kind of injury in Ayurveda are also used for treatment of various disease.
Keywords: Marma, Mamsa, Sira, Snayu, Injury.
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