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178 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. VI.
group ; and those in which only one of them exists
belongs to the last or pain-generating type (Rujdkara)*
But the fore going theory is not a sound one, inasmuch
as blood is found to exude from an injured joint
which would be an impossibility in the absence of any
vein, ligament (Snayu) and muscle being intimately
connected with it. Hence every Marma should be
understood as a junction or meeting place of the five
organic principles of ligaments, veins, muscles, bones
and joints. 24-25.
IVIetrical text:—This is further corroborated
by the fact that the four classes of Sird. or vessels (which
respectively carry the Vdyu, Pitta, Kapha and the blood)
are found to enter into the Marmas for the purpose
of keeping or maintaining the moisture of the local
ligaments (Snayu), bones, muscles and joints and thus
sustain the organism.f The Vayu, aggravated by an
injury to a Marma, blocks up (those four classes of
vessels) in their entire course throughout the organism
and gives rise to great pain which extends all over the
body. All the internal mechanism of a man (of which a
Marma has been pierced into with a shaft or with any
other piercing matter) becomes extremely painful, and
seems as if it were being constantly shaken or jerked,
and symptoms of syncope are found to set in. Hence a
careful examination of the affected Marma should
(of the said group) is devoid of Mansa, Snayu and Sandhi ; the Nila,
Manya and Phana Marmas (of the same group) are devoid of Mansa,
Sandhi and Asthi ; the Avarta-marma is devoid of S'ita, Sniyu and
Mansa; the Apanga-marma (of the said class) is devoid of Mansa, Snayu
and Sandhi.
* The Gulpha, Manibandha, and Kurchcha-s'ira Marmas, belonging
to the Rujakara group, are devoid of Mansa, S'ira, Snayu and Asthi, i.e.
Sandhi alone is present in these.
t Hence the piercing of a bone is attended with bleeding.