Wiktionary
n. (context Ayurveda English) A special, sensitive point on the body.
Wikipedia
Marma is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Marma may refer to:
- Marma people, an ethnic Arakanese group in Bangladesh
- Marma language, of Bangladesh
- Marma (genus), a genus of spiders
- Marma (film), a 2002 Indian film
- Marma, Sweden, a town in Sweden
- Marma, Dhanbad, a town in India
- Marma (Ayurveda), in Ayurveda, a pressure point on the body
Marma is a 2002 Kannada movie directed by Sunil Kumar Desai. The movie mainly deals with sensitive issues such as schizophrenia and hallucination. It is a story of a woman who suffers from a split personality and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Usage examples of "marma".
To his relief, he spotted the silicate cube that contained the microscopic sliver of tissue from the primary brain of the female marma lizard.
The fully mature male marma lizard was so aggressively stupid that it would charge headlong into anything, but it did not take kindly to a slow pace and a short rein.
The army of Vlad Baptiste boasted twenty marma chargers, plus the same number of horsemen, and five scouts riding the cognizant female lizards although the scouts stayed out of the bulk of the fighting.
Despite their bulk, the marma lizards could cover ground at alarming speed.