Basti

Bladder (māṃsa-marma)

Basti — the bladder marma, in the suprapubic region. Māṃsa-marma (flesh-class) and sadyaḥ-prāṇa-hara on penetrating injury that ruptures the bladder, owing to urinary peritonitis.

AdhipatiSthāpanīŚaṅkha (right)Śaṅkha (left)HṛdayaNābhiBastiBastiKūrpara (right)Kūrpara (left)Kṣipra (right hand)Kṣipra (left hand)Talahṛdaya (right foot)

Point 8 of 13 in Marma Points (Suśruta-saṃhitā)

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Sources

Suśruta-saṃhitā, Śārīrasthāna 6 (primary_canonical)

Śārīrasthāna 6.16–25 (Acharya ed.) enumerates Basti in the lower-trunk marma list and classifies it as a māṃsa-marma with a sadyaḥ-prāṇa-hara prognosis for severe injury.

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