Abstract

CONCEPT OF VAGHBHATTOKTA DHAMANI MARMA

Dr. Smita Shivappa Birajadar*, Dr. Anup Bhosgikar, Dr. Ashwinikumar W. and Dr. Sanjeevkumar Jyoteppa

Abstract

Ayurveda, the science of life which deals with maintaining health not only physical but also mental and spiritual. It describes human body by diving it into six parts called shadanga.[1] Even though all the parts of body are significant, there are vital spots called marma. There is a vital force which is driving the life of mankind which is called prana.[2] It is termed as atma swaroopa due to its existence all over the body, but still its roots are being embedded in precise location of human structure. This precise location is considered as the point where there is conglomeration o five human basic structure that is mamsa, shira, snayu, asthi and sandhi.[3] But Aacharya Vagbhatta added one more structure that is dhamani.[4] These specific locations are explained under the concept of marma shareera in classics. In this article effort is made to understand the concept of Vaghbhattokta dhamani marma.

Keywords: Shadanga, Vitalpoints, Marma, Dhamani marma.