Jaw hinge

Mandibular hinge target — paired locus collapsed to one anchor

Jaw hinge denotes the mandibular joint region included as a close-range meithari target. The requested compact count treats the bilateral locus as one named entry and places a single midline attention anchor; this is an editorial collapse, not an anatomical assertion that the joint is midline.

Right templeLeft templeJaw hingeJaw hingeRight 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 3 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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