Marman: 10 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Marman (मर्मन्):—A Sanskrit technical term translating to “the vulnerable points”, and is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā. Marman is said to be one of the three “pathways of diseases” (rogamārga) together with the bones (asthi) and joints (saṃdhi).
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Marman (मर्मन्).—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.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Marman (मर्मन्).—n. [mṛ-manin]
1) (a) A vital part of the body, the vitals, weak or tender point of the body); तथैव तीव्रो हृदि शोकशङ्कुर्मर्माणि कृन्तन्नपि किं न सोढः (tathaiva tīvro hṛdi śokaśaṅkurmarmāṇi kṛntannapi kiṃ na soḍhaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 3.35; Y. 1.153; Bhaṭṭikāvya 16; स्वहृदयमर्मणि वर्म करोति (svahṛdayamarmaṇi varma karoti) Gītagovinda 4. (b) Any vital member or organ.
2) Any weak or vulnerable point, a defect, failing; तेऽन्योन्यमभिसंसृत्य क्षिपन्तो मर्मभिर्मिथः (te'nyonyamabhisaṃsṛtya kṣipanto marmabhirmithaḥ) Bhāgavata 8.1.27.
3) The core, quick.
4) Any joint (of a limb).
5) The secret or hidden meaning, the pith or essence (of anything); काव्यमर्मप्रकाशिका टीका (kāvyamarmaprakāśikā ṭīkā); नत्वा गङ्गाधरं मर्मप्रकाशं तनुते गुरुम्--नागेशभट्ट (natvā gaṅgādharaṃ marmaprakāśaṃ tanute gurum--nāgeśabhaṭṭa).
6) A secret, a mystery.
7) Truth.
Marman (मर्मन्).—i. e. mṛ + man, n. 1. A vital member or organ, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 1586. 2. A joint of a limb, [Hitopadeśa] iv. [distich] 32. 3. A weak point, [Hitopadeśa] iii. [distich] 9. 4. A secret, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 200. 5. Design, [Hitopadeśa] iii. [distich] 19. 6. Truth.
Marman (मर्मन्).—[neuter] open part of the body, vulnerable or weak spot.
1) Marman (मर्मन्):—n. (√mṛ) mortal spot, vulnerable point, any open or exposed or weak or sensitive part of the body (in, [Nirukta, by Yāska] reckoned to be 107), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
2) the joint of a limb, any joint or articulation, [ib.]
3) the core of anything, the quick, [ib.]
4) any vital member or organ (cf. antar-m)
5) anything which requires to be kept concealed, secret quality, hidden meaning, any secret or mystery, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]
Marman (मर्मन्):—(rmma) 5. n. A joint; member; a secret meaning.
Marman (मर्मन्):—n. [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 3, 30.] membrum, Gelenk, offene Stelle des Körpers, welche der tödtlichen Verwundung besonders ausgesetzt ist; = jīvasthāna [Halāyudha 2, 374.] vital part [Hindu System of Medicine 69. fgg.] übertr. die schwache, leicht verwundbare Seite eines Menschen, die er geheim zu halten sucht: vṛ.rasya cidvi.adyena.marma [Ṛgveda 1, 61, 6. 3, 32, 4. 5, 32, 5.] marmāṇi te.varmaṇā chādayāmi [6, 75, 18.] ni ṣīṃ vṛ.rasya.marmaṇi.vajra.indro apīpatat [8, 89, 7. 10, 87, 15.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 36, 8.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 13. 39. 47.] Man zählt deren 107 [Yāska’s Nirukta 9, 28. 14, 7.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 102.] [Suśruta 2, 337, 17. 344, 14. 1, 97, 11. 337, 13. 349, 16.] ghāta [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 1, 7, 28.] marmavibhāga [Oxforder Handschriften 305,a,1 v. u. 311,a,5 v. u.] marmasaṃdhiṣu (Dvaṃdva) [Dhūrtasamāgama] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 13, 15.] viniryokṣyāmyahaṃ vāṇānnṛvājigajamarmasu [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 23, 37.] marmaṇyabhihate (so die ed. Bomb). mayi [63, 37.] tena marmaṇi nirviddhaḥ śareṇa [3, 50, 19.] vivyādha daśabhirbāṇai rāghavaṃ sarvamarmasu [6, 80, 10. 11.] naiṣa mūrdhni prabho vadhyo eṣa hi marmasu [92, 41.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 11, 70.] bāṇa uddhṛto marmataḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 64, 16.] nārācena bhṛśaṃ marmāṇyatāḍayat [Mahābhārata 6, 3417.] yathā tudasi marmāṇi vākcharairiha no bhṛśam [2, 2530.] tavaiva marma bhetsyati (vāṇaḥ) bhinnamarmā mariṣyasi [?14, 845. 480. Spr. 1543. Daśakumāracarita in Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 201, 2.] śarīraṃ tyajate jantuśchidyamāneṣu marmasu [Mahābhārata 14, 470.] Inschr. in [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7, 25, Śloka 9.] yathā hi śaiśiraḥ kālo gavāṃ marmāṇi kṛntati . tathā pāṇḍusutānāṃ vai bhīṣmo marmāṇi kṛntati .. [Mahābhārata 6, 5522.] kṛntanti dehināṃ marma śastrāṇīva vacāṃsi ca [Spr. 1038.] marma nikṛntati [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 21, 6.] [Spr. 4459] (marmāṇi). marmāṇyutkṛtya [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 8, 11.] marma me niśitaḥ śaro ruṇaddhi [2, 63, 43.] bāṇādvyathita [23.] marmavyathā [Gītagovinda 3, 14.] bāṇābhihata [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 63, 49.] marmāṇyasthīni hṛdayaṃ tathāsūnrūkṣā vāco nirdahantīva ṣuṃsām [Spr. 4698.] dahati marma (śokajvaraḥ) [2872.] marmāṇi ca vitartsyati [Bhaṭṭikavya 16, 15.] āyurmarmāṇi rakṣati [Spr. 1586.] svahṛdayamarmaṇi varma karoti [Gītagovinda 4, 3.] antarmarmāṇi sīvyati [UTTARARĀMAC. 97, 14.] duruktairmarma paspṛśuḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 4, 1.] na kaṃcinmarmaṇi spṛśet [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 153.] [Kūrmapurāṇa,] [UPARIBHĀGA 15 im Śabdakalpadruma] parasya nāmarmasu te (vāksāyakāḥ) patanti [Spr. 2767.] chidraṃ marma ca vīryaṃ ca sarvaṃ vetti nijo ripuḥ [924.] parasparasya marmāṇi ye na rakṣanti jantavaḥ [1706.] āghaṭṭayati marmāṇi [KĀM. NĪTIS. 5, 43, v. l.] — Vgl. a, adho, śiro und parvan .
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Marman (मर्मन्):—, yadvā vāmakare me sti marma rakṣati taddhanuḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 112, 52. 56.]
Marman (मर्मन्):—n. Gelenk , offene Stelle des Körpers , welche der tödlichen Verwundung besonders ausgesetzt ist ; übertr. die schwache , leicht verwundbare Seite eines Menschen , die er geheim zu halten sucht.
Marman (मर्मन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Mamma.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+12): Marmaanveshan, Marmabheda, Marmabhedana, Marmabhedin, Marmabhid, Marmacara, Marmachid, Marmaga, Marmaghata, Marmaghna, Marmaja, Marmajna, Marmajnana, Marmakila, Marmananda, Marmantak, Marmantaka, Marmanveshana, Marmanveshi, Marmanveshin.
Full-text (+53): Marmajna, Marmasprish, Marmavid, Marmabheda, Marmaghata, Marmabhedin, Shiromarman, Marmanveshana, Adhomarman, Marmabhedana, Marmasthala, Marmavidh, Marmaga, Marmavarana, Marmakila, Marmaparaga, Marmacara, Marmatiga, Amarman, Snayumarman.
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Yoga Upanishads (study) (by Heena B. Kotak)
Part 1.11 - Description of Dhyana Yoga < [Chapter 3 - Analytical and Critical study of 20 Yoga-Upanishads]
Part 6 - Summary of the Trishikhi-brahmana-upanishad (Trisikhibrahmanopanisad) < [Chapter 2 - Brief survey of the 20 Yoga Upanishads]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Nirukta and the Vedic interpretation (study) (by Shruti S. Pradhan)
Page 196 < [Chapter 1 - Group “A”]
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter LXV - The Technical terms used in the treatise < [Canto V - Tantra-bhusana-adhyaya (embellishing chapters)]
Chapter L - Symptoms and Treatment of Hiccough (Hicca) < [Canto III - Kaya-chikitsa-tantra (internal medicine)]
Chapter LI - Symptoms and Treatment of Asthma (Shvasa) < [Canto III - Kaya-chikitsa-tantra (internal medicine)]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Ulcers (vraṇa) according to Caraka < [Chapter 4 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Caraka-saṃhitā)]
Preksha meditation: History and Methods (by Samani Pratibha Pragya)
4.8. Mahāprajña’s Personal Experiences < [Chapter 4 - Theory and Methods of Prekṣā-Dhyāna]