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Chip. VI.] SARIRA STIIANAM. 1 75
Qualitative classes : — Again these Marmas
(vital unions of the body) arc under five distinct heads,
namel}', Sadya-Pranahara, (fatal within twenty-four
hours), Kalantara-Pranahara, (fatal within a fortnight
or a month), Vis'alyaghna (fatal as soon as a dart or any
other imbedded foreign matter is extracted therefrom),
Vaikalyakara, (maiming or deforming) and Rujakar
(painful) [according as an injury respectively produces
the aforesaid effects]. Of these, nineteen Marmas
belong to the Sadya-Pranahara group ; thirty-three to
the Kalantara-Pranahara group ; three to the Vis'alya-
ghna group; forty-four to the Vaikalyakara group ;
and
eight to the Rujakara group. 15.
IVIemorable Verses :—To the Sadya-Prana-
hara group (fatal in the course of a day if anywa}' hurt)
belong the four Sringatakas, one Adhipati, the two
Sankhas, the eight Kantha-Siras, the Guda, the
Hridaya, the Vasti and the Nabhi. To the Kalsintara-
Pranahara group (fatal later on, if any way hurt)
belong the eight Vaksha-Marmas, the five Simantas,
the four Tala-Marmas, the four Kshipra-Marmas, the
four Indra-vastis, the two Katika-tarunas, the two
Pars'va-Sandhis, the two Vrihatis, and the two
Nitamvas. To the Visalyaghna class belong the two
Utkshepas and the one Sthapani. To the Vaikalyakara
(deforming) group belong the Marmas, known as the
four Lohitakshas, the four An is, the two Jdnus, the
four Urvis, the four Kurchchas, the two Vitapas, the
two Kurparas, the two Kukundaras, the two Kaksha-
dharas, the two Vidhuras, the two Krikatikas, the two
Ansas (shoulder), the two Ansa-phalakas, (shoulder-
blades), the two Apangas (tips of eyes), the two Nials,
the two Man}'as, the two Phanas and the two Avartas.
A learned physician should know that the two Gulphas,