Kūrchaśira (bilateral limb-root points)

Paired kurcha-head marma; representative distal-limb anchor

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.

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)Kūrchaśira (bilateral limb-root points)Indrabasti (bilateral mid-limb points)Vitapa (bilateral groin points)

Point 10 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)

The limb enumeration in Śārīrasthāna 6.6–8 (Acharya ed.) records Kūrchaśira as a paired snāyu-marma; later diagram traditions compress its upper- and lower-limb counterparts, which is why this entry retains a broad family-level radius.

David Frawley, Subhash Ranade, Avinash Lele, Ayurveda and Marma Therapy (scholarly_modern)

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