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<p style='text-align:justify;'>Asthi literally means bone or that entity which stays or doesn’t get destroyed easily. Asthi dhatu is a body component similar to bone (osseous) tissue. Its important function is to hold body frame (dharana). It provides stability to the body and forms skeleton.<ref>Available from  http://namstp.ayush.gov.in/#/sat</ref>(SAT-B.436)</p>

Asthi literally means bone or that entity which stays or doesn’t get destroyed easily. Asthi dhatu is a body component similar to bone (osseous) tissue. Its important function is to hold body frame (dharana). It provides stability to the body and forms skeleton.<ref>Available from  http://namstp.ayush.gov.in/#/sat</ref>(SAT-B.436)

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|data2 = Anagha S., Deole Y.S.

|data2 = Anagha S., [[Yogesh Deole|Deole Y.S.]]

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|data3 = Basisht G.

|data3 = [[Gopal Basisht|Basisht G.]]

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=== Vital points (asthi marma) ===  

=== Vital points (asthi marma) ===  

There are eight vital points formed from bones (asthi marma). [Su. Sa. Sharira Sthana 6/4]

There are eight vital points formed from bones (asthi [[Marma|marma]]). [Su. Sa. Sharira Sthana 6/4]

These are katikataruna(vital spots on both sides of the vertebral column above and near the pelvic crest), nitamba(vital points above the two pelvic bones meeting the flank), amsaphalaka (vital points on scapula- one on each side of the vertebral column in the upper back region) and shankha(vital spots on each side between the outer end of the brow and the ear)[Su.Sa.Sharira Sthana 6/7]

These are katikataruna(vital spots on both sides of the vertebral column above and near the pelvic crest), nitamba(vital points above the two pelvic bones meeting the flank), amsaphalaka (vital points on scapula- one on each side of the vertebral column in the upper back region) and shankha(vital spots on each side between the outer end of the brow and the ear)[Su.Sa.Sharira Sthana 6/7]