Kūrpara (right)

Right elbow (sandhi-marma)

Kūrpara — the elbow marma, at the cubital fossa. Sandhi-marma, vaikalya-kara: disabling if injured (causing tremor or paralysis of the limb on account of the brachial neurovasculature).

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

Point 9 of 13 in Marma Points (Suśruta-saṃhitā)

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Sources

Suśruta-saṃhitā, Śārīrasthāna 6 (primary_canonical)

The limb-marma enumeration in Śārīrasthāna 6.16–23 (Acharya ed.) identifies Kūrpara at the elbow as a sandhi-marma and assigns joint injury of this class to the vaikalya-kara prognosis.

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