Marmayoga Combat Marma

Marmayoga Combat Marma is a Hindu / Ayurveda — Marmayoga combat marma body system as transmitted through the lineage This is the combat-classification view of the Sanskrit marma corpus in Suśruta-saṃhitā, Śārīrasthāna 6, applied to a self-defence and striking context. It is deliberately a view variant of the shipped marma_susruta system: marma_susruta presents a healing/acupuncture-context map, while this file isolates the requested sadhyo-prāṇahara (immediately fatal) and immediately dangerous target subset. The primary text, Ḍalhaṇa commentary, and modern marma literature are shared; the combat lens does not constitute a separate corpus or a medical treatment map.. This page lists every point in the system with sourced placements and links to cross-tradition correspondences curated for The Body Spiritual.

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Primary sources

Known lineage variants

Sthāpanī (crown-view anchor)Śaṅkha (bilateral temples)Vidhura (bilateral behind-ear points)Phaṇā (bilateral nostril bases)Apastambha (bilateral lateral chest)HṛdayamNābhiVastiGudaKūrchaśira (bilateral limb-root points)Indrabasti (bilateral mid-limb points)Vitapa (bilateral groin points)

Cross-tradition overlaps

Related systems

No other systems share this tradition label.

Points

Frequently asked

What is Sthāpanī (crown-view anchor)?

This combat-view anchor places the requested Sthāpanī name at the crown or vertex, where a martial display needs a clear cranial apex target. Canonical Suśruta usage usually places Sthāpanī at the glabella and names the crown adhipati, so this point is an explicit modern naming variant and not a claim that those canonical labels are identical.

What is Śaṅkha (bilateral temples)?

Śaṅkha names the paired temple marmas over the temporal region; the x coordinate marks anatomical right, with the left mirror retained in the label and lineage note. Suśruta classifies śaṅkha among the immediately fatal marmas, which is why this combat-view entry is marked as a warning rather than a practice instruction.

What is Vidhura (bilateral behind-ear points)?

Vidhura is the paired point behind the ear, represented here by the anatomical-right retro-auricular landmark on a front silhouette. Its canonical prognosis is not uniform across later summaries, so the combat grouping flags it as an immediate-danger warning without pretending that the grouping replaces the source classification.

What is Phaṇā (bilateral nostril bases)?

Phaṇā denotes the paired marma loci at the bases of the nostrils, shown at the anatomical-right nasal-wing landmark with its left counterpart understood. The small uncertainty radius reflects the soft-tissue nasal projection and the fact that this front-view combat marker is a regional aid, not a measured anatomical target.

What is Apastambha (bilateral lateral chest)?

Apastambha is a paired lateral-thoracic marma, projected here to the anatomical-right upper chest and mirrored conceptually on the left. The wider radius records the deep and region-level nature of the source description; the combat lens marks it as an immediate-danger warning rather than a therapeutic or technical striking prescription.

What is Hṛdayam?

Hṛdayam is the heart marma, placed at the precordial centre of the front body rather than at a claim of exact cardiac outline. Suśruta treats hṛdaya as a vital centre and classifies its severe injury as immediately fatal, so this combat-view point is explicitly a caution marker.

What is Nābhi?

Nābhi is the umbilical marma at the abdominal centre, projected to the front navel landmark. Its deep regional projection and the classical concern with severe umbilical injury justify the immediate-danger label, while the warning tag prevents the point from being read as a self-treatment or assault instruction.

What is Vasti?

Vasti is the bladder marma, shown as a deep midline suprapubic projection within the lower abdomen. The source's grave injury prognosis is the reason for inclusion in this immediate-danger combat lens; the diagram is a warning classification and not a recommendation to target the pelvis.

What is Guda?

Guda is the anal and pelvic-floor marma, represented on the front silhouette by a midline pelvic-floor anchor because the actual locus is posterior-facing. The widened uncertainty radius records that projection, and the immediate-danger tag is a caution about severe injury rather than an instruction for combat practice.

What is Kūrchaśira (bilateral limb-root points)?

Kūrchaśira is retained as a bilateral kurcha-head marma family and projected to a representative anatomical-right distal-limb anchor. Because later marma diagrams differ in whether the upper- and lower-limb counterparts are drawn separately, the wide radius and bilateral label make the editorial compression visible instead of implying one exact surface point.

What is Indrabasti (bilateral mid-limb points)?

Indrabasti is a paired mid-limb marma family; this front-view field uses an anatomical-right lower-limb representative so the point remains visible on the body silhouette. Upper- and lower-limb readings vary in later teaching diagrams, so the wide uncertainty radius records the family-level projection and the combat grouping should not be mistaken for a precise strike location.

What is Vitapa (bilateral groin points)?

Vitapa denotes the paired inguinal or groin marmas, represented here by the anatomical-right groin landmark and its implied mirror. The combat lens includes this vulnerable pelvic family under the immediate-danger warning class, while the widened radius acknowledges the deep anatomy and the limits of a front-view projection.