Sthāpanī

Brow centre — between eyebrows (sirā-marma)

Sthāpanī — at the glabella between the eyebrows. Suśruta classifies it as a sirā-marma (vessel class), viśalya-ghna (fatal on extraction of an embedded foreign body) — that is, a wound is non-fatal so long as the implement remains in place. Topographically coincident with the Yogic ājñā cakra and the Chinese yintang acupoint (M-HN-3); these correspondences are noted but the marma classification is independent.

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

Point 2 of 13 in Marma Points (Suśruta-saṃhitā)

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Suśruta-saṃhitā, Śārīrasthāna 6 (primary_canonical)

The head-marma enumeration in Śārīrasthāna 6.26–28 (Acharya ed.) identifies Sthāpanī at the glabellar region; the chapter's classification gives it as a sirā-marma and viśalya-ghna, in the sense that extraction of an embedded object is dangerous.

P.V. Sharma trans. (secondary_translation)

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