Left carotid region
Lateral throat target — anatomical left
The left carotid region completes the bilateral lateral-throat target used by this compact kalarimarmam map. It mirrors the right entry across the midline under the corpus convention and remains a broad editorial region rather than a vessel-level anatomical claim.
Point 5 of 18 in Kalarimarmam — Meithari Vital Points
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Phillip Zarrilli, When the Body Becomes All Eyes: Paradigms, Practices, and Discourses of Power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian Martial Art (scholarly_modern)
Lorna Srimathi Dewanar, Kalaripayattu source texts (primary)