Jīvaka

Jīvaka (Pali: Jīvaka Komārabhacca; Sanskrit: Jīvaka Kaumārabhṛtya) was the personal physician of the Buddha and of the Indian King Bimbisāra, living in Rājagṛha, present-day Rajgir, in the 5th century BCE. Sometimes described as the Medicine King and the Thrice Crowned physician, he figures prominently in legendary accounts across Asia as a model healer, and is honoured as such by traditional healers in several Asian countries. Accounts about him appear in Early Buddhist Texts in many traditions, which agree that he was born a foundling of a courtesan and raised by people of King Bimbisāra court. He travelled to Taksasila to learn traditional medicine, began practising in Rājagṛha after seven years, became personal physician to the king and the Buddha, and founded the Jīvakarāma monastery. In the texts he performs complicated procedures, some of which can be read as brain surgery, and scholars debate how far these depictions have historical value. He is honoured by Buddhists as a model physician and saint, and by Indians and Thai as a patron of traditional medicine, with a central role in Thai traditional medicine ceremonies.

Jīvaka (Pali: Jīvaka Komārabhacca; Sanskrit: Jīvaka Kaumārabhṛtya) was the personal physician of the Buddha and of the Indian King Bimbisāra, living in Rājagṛha, present-day Rajgir, in the 5th century BCE. Sometimes described as the Medicine King and the Thrice Crowned physician, he figures prominently in legendary accounts across Asia as a model healer, and is honoured as such by traditional healers in several Asian countries. Accounts about him appear in Early Buddhist Texts in many traditions, which agree that he was born a foundling of a courtesan and raised by people of King Bimbisāra court. He travelled to Taksasila to learn traditional medicine, began practising in Rājagṛha after seven years, became personal physician to the king and the Buddha, and founded the Jīvakarāma monastery. In the texts he performs complicated procedures, some of which can be read as brain surgery, and scholars debate how far these depictions have historical value. He is honoured by Buddhists as a model physician and saint, and by Indians and Thai as a patron of traditional medicine, with a central role in Thai traditional medicine ceremonies. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/