Research Paper
Year: 2020 | Month: September | Volume: 7 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 430-437
Involvement of Structural Anatomy with Rujakar Marma; Assessment through Cadaver Dissection
Sujit Dalai1, Hiraman Banjare2, Bimla Banjare3
1Professor, Deptt. of Rasashastra & Bhaisajya Kalpana, Dr Vijay Ayurved Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Varanasi, U.P, India
2Professor, Dept of Sharir Rachana, Mahaveer College of Ayurvedic Science, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, India
3Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipur, Chhatisgarh, India
Corresponding Author: Hiraman Banjare
ABSTRACT
Marma representing the sense of vital parts of the body, which causes death on traumatic injury or pain similar to death and often use in the sense of Jivasthana and Sandhisthana. Total 107 marmas are explained in Ayurveda and Rujakara marma is one among the prognostic classification and are eight in number as Manibandha (wrist joint) marma (two in number), Gulpha (ankle joint) marma (two in number) and Kurchashira marma (four in number; both in upper and lower extremities). Rujakara marmas are the areas where any injury causes pain and this is due to minimum tissue damage. The study is taken in account to identify the Rujakar marma according to site based on underlying anatomical structures.
The structural anatomical composition of Rujakar marmas were thoroughly reviewed, co-related and analyzed with the knowledge of modern sciences. Dissection of area related to Rujakar marmas were done on four cadavers (3 male & 1 female) with help of modern text of human Anatomy. And the involvement of anatomical structures was identified in accordance to marma vastu (mamsa, shira, snayu sandhi, asthi) and other Ayurvedic literatures.
All the data gathered from cadaver dissection were reviewed, compared with the ancient literatures and concluded that Manibandha marma is radio-carpal joint as well as distal radioulnar joint and its allied structures, Gulpha marma is talocrural joint and distal tibiofibular joint as well as its allied structures, anatomically Kurchashira of urdhvasakha (upper limb) includes the midcarpal joint, intercarpal articulations with its allied structures and Kurchashira of adhosakha (lower limb) includes the Talo-calcaneo-navicular joint and its allied structures.
Keywords: Marma, Rujakar, Manibandha, Gulpha, Kurchashira
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