Ketumān (Son of Dhanvantari)

Ketumān · ketu-mān

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Ketumān, also given as Ketumanta, is a king of the line of Kāśī, the son of Dhanvantari and the father of Bhīmaratha. He is not Ketumān the son of Rajas, nor Ketumanta the son of Kshema.

In the Kāśī line

In the line of Kshatravṛddha, Dhanva performed great tapas and in his old age Dhanvantari was born to him: the Dhanvantari who arose earlier from a deva-aṃśa was now born from a human aṃśa. Dhanvantari became the great king of Kāśī, learned Āyurveda from Bharadvāja, removed all diseases and divided that śāstra into eight parts. Dhanvantari’s son was Ketumanta; Ketumanta’s son was Bhīmaratha; and Bhīmaratha’s son was Divodāsa, who ruled the city of Kāśī.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 11

In the line of Vitatha, Kāśika‘s son Dīrghatapas had the learned Dhanvantari as his son. Dhanvantari’s son was Ketumān; his son the learned Bhīmaratha; and his son Divodāsa, lord of Vārāṇasī.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 11, 13