Right carotid region

Lateral throat target — anatomical right

The right carotid region marks one side of the bilateral lateral-throat target in the meithari set. The point is deliberately broad because the teaching target is a body region and not a claim that a rendered dot resolves the underlying vessels or nerves.

Right templeLeft templeJaw hingeRight carotid regionRight carotid regionLeft carotid regionRight clavicle notchLeft clavicle notchRight axillaLeft axillaSternum tipRight floating-rib zoneLeft floating-rib zoneLiver strike zoneSpleen strike zoneGroinRight inner kneeLeft inner kneeInstep

Point 4 of 18 in Kalarimarmam — Meithari Vital Points

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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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)

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