Kṣipra (right hand)

Right hand — between thumb and index (snāyu-marma)

Kṣipra — 'swift' — between the thumb and index finger, in the first interosseous space. Snāyu-marma (ligament-class), kālāntara-prāṇa-hara: fatal after a delay if injured (Suśruta attributes the lethality to convulsive seizure following a wound here). The coordinate is approximate; the true location is on the dorsum of the hand at the interosseous space, not visible in the standard front-body silhouette.

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

Point 11 of 13 in Marma Points (Suśruta-saṃhitā)

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Sources

Suśruta-saṃhitā, Śārīrasthāna 6 (primary_canonical)

Śārīrasthāna 6.16–23 (Acharya ed.) includes Kṣipra among the hand marmas and classifies it as a snāyu-marma with a kālāntara-prāṇa-hara prognosis, meaning fatality may follow after a delay.

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