COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AVEDHYA SIRA AND SIRA MARMA WITH W.S.R. TO URVI SIRA IN UPPER EXTREMITY

Acharya Sushruta described various surgeries meticulously. During the ancient time, Acharya Sushruta per-formed various major and minor surgeries with surprisingly great accuracy and thus was able to treat dread-ful diseases. The proper knowledge of Sharira was essential to meet this high standard of accuracy. Especial-ly, during performing any surgery or Sira Vedhan one must be aware of the vital points, Marma and the Avedhya Sira present in the body. This is because even a slight trauma to these may lead to severe compli-cations such as severe pain, any deformity or even death of a person. There are 107 Marmas and 98 Avedhya Siras mentioned by Acharya Sushruta. Most of the name of Avedhya Sira are same as nomencla-ture of Marma. For example, Brihati is a name of Avedhya Sira and is also a Marma. Here an effort has been made to study the role of Marma Sthan in confirmations of Avedhya Sira with special reference to Urvi (Bahavi) Sira in upper extremity. Keywords: Avedhya Sira, Marma, Urvi Sira