Śaṅkha (bilateral temples)

Paired temple marma; representative anatomical-right anchor

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.

Sthāpanī (crown-view anchor)Śaṅkha (bilateral temples)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)

Point 2 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 canonical list in Śārīrasthāna 6.6–8 (Acharya ed.) identifies the paired Śaṅkha marmas as asthi-marmas and includes them in the sadyaḥ-prāṇa-hara injury category; this entry therefore functions only as a danger warning.

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

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