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MARMAN According to Indian Śāstras there are 108 Marmans in the body of a living being. Of these the most important are forehead, eyes, eye-brows, armpits, shoulders heart, chin etc. Bhaviṣya Purāṇa, Chapter 34 says that a snake-bite or a heavy blow on any one of these marmans would prove fatal.
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मर्मन् [marman] n. n. [मृ-मनिन्]
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(a) A vital part of the body, the vitals, weak or tender point of the body); तथैव तीव्रो हृदि शोकशङ्कुर्मर्माणि कृन्तन्नपि किं न सोढः [U.3.35;] [Y. 1.153;] [Bk.16;] स्वहृदयमर्मणि वर्म करोति [Gīt.4.] (b) Any vital member or organ.
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Any weak or vulnerable point, a defect, failing; तेऽन्योन्यमभिसंसृत्य क्षिपन्तो मर्मभिर्मिथः [Bhāg.8.1.27.]
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