Abstract

EXPLORING THE ANATOMICAL ASPECTS OF KURPARA MARMA THROUGH ITS CADAVERIC DISSECTION

*Dr. Namrita Bhadouria and Dr. Anu Bala

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Abstract

The science of Marma is one of the special facets which is intensely elaborated in Ayurveda. There are total of 107 Marma are present in the human body. Acharya Sushruta classified Marma into five types i.e., Mamsa, Sira, Snayu, Asthi and Sandhi. Kurpara Marma is one among the 20 Sandhi Marma as mentioned by Acharya Sushruta. Although the gross regional and the Viddha Lakshanas are available in Samhitas, but detail description of particular structures present in Kurpara Marma region are lacking in ancient texts. The main objective of this article is to make the comprehensive and conceptual study on Kurpara Marma as mentioned in texts, in the view of regional and applied anatomy described in the contemporary science, and to study Kurpara Marma with modern regional and applied anatomy by cadaveric dissection. So, in this paper we have put our utmost efforts to elaborate the anatomical location, structure, traumatic symptoms of Kurpara Marma with the help of both Ayurveda and Modern Literature.

Keywords: Marma, Jiva, Kurpara, Sandhi, Vaikalyakar Marma, Cadaveric dissection.