Apastambha (bilateral lateral chest)

Paired upper-thoracic marma; representative right anchor

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.

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

Point 5 of 12 in Marmayoga Combat Marma

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Suśruta-saṃhitā, Śārīrasthāna 6 (primary_canonical)

Śārīrasthāna 6.6–8 (Acharya ed.) includes paired Apastambha marmas in the thoracic list and the sirā classification; this combat-view marker preserves the source's grave-injury warning without turning it into a striking prescription.

Ḍalhaṇa, Nibandha-saṃgraha commentary on Suśruta-saṃhitā, Śārīrasthāna 6 (secondary)

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