These are special points sthana in the human body and any injury to these marmas may lead to disease, disability and if not properly treated even fatal conditions. Varmam therapy in siddha system of medicine international. In a similar vein to the nadis, the subtle energy channels to be found within the body, of the 108 marmas, 12 are said to be of vital importance, while the remaining 96 have a supporting function in relation to the 12. Varma kalai is a martial art and esoteric healing art from ancient tamil nadu as the art of vital points. Varma points 108 locating varma points of the head 1. By definition, a marma point is a juncture on the body where two or more types of tissue meet, such as muscles, veins, ligaments, bones or joints.
In the pressure point attack method called varma ati, the student comes to know about the 108 vital points on the human body, varma ati teaches the student locations, angles of attack, modified striking techniques to yuse on the 108 varmam points and also teaches some revival techniques called adangal maruthuvam. Bohar learnt the art of attacking the enemies using varma points to kill them as well. While disguised as an old man, murugan passed the knowledge of 108 varmams to the sage agastya who. The varma points present in the body are 108, head and neck are 25. Varmam text varma vilvisai enumerates the total number of varmam points which 8000 varmam points and kumbamuni accounts to 108 comprises two. And in the 72000 nerves, there are totally 108 varmam in human body. According to many of the varma literatures there are 108 varma places in a.
Classification of varmam or life centers in human body. Varma points in tamil pdf online contents history folklore traces varma kalai to the god who is said to have taught it to his son. Both cases are treated with the following same varmam points. While disguised as an old man, murugan passed the knowledge of 108 varmams to the sage who then recorded it and disseminated the skill among his students. The marmas of the indian system should not be confused with chinese acupuncture points. Sanathana vedham thanuology vedic science human body,siddha,siddhars,tamil,thanuology,varma,varma kalai there are various scriptures that explain about the location of varma points in the human body.
Vital junction points we find vital junctions over the surface of the body. Even 1 channel called nadi when hit causes devastating effects similar to the tamils tradition of 10 nadis varma adi, there is a concept almost similar in dim mak, called the 10 killing hands. Certain marma therapies can not only enhance thinking, feeling, and perception, they also have the potential to evoke a state of choiceless, passive awareness and transform it into a transcendental state of samadhi. Varmam points are the vital points which present all over the body.
Varma point 108 varma beerangi 100 and varma kannadi 500. The the varmam texts enlist 108 varmam points word varmam refers to static energy and the of which 12 are padu varmams and 96 are term kaalam refers to. Once the payment is made through paypal, the varmakalai poster ebook will be send to your corresponding email id within 24 hours. The varmakalai poster ebook contains all the 108 varmaa points with pictorial representation. According to varma kalai there are totally 72000 nerves in the human body.
Varma adi recognizes 108 marmas lethal varma points, 12 padu marmas. Also you can avail two free online varmakalai lessons. There are 10 channels in the human body at which all these 108 varma points are located. In martial arts the point was used for temporary loss of coordination. They are vulnerable areas as well as key points to different energetic centers of organic activity. According to ayurveda, marma points are the joining point where muscle mamsa, vein sira, ligament snayu, bone asthi and joint sandhi meet. Varma also known as marma points which located at point of specific part of body. Yet many parallels can be found within the two systems. Varma kalai is a tamil traditional art of vital points. According to varma sastras these are 12 in number varma kalai is also a complete naturalistic healing system to varma kalai techniques pdf file varma kalai books in tamil pdf free varma kalai.