Dhanvantari

Dhanvantari

Dhanvantari is a name used for more than one being in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Devatās

• Dhanvantari: the divine physician who rose from the Kshīrasāgara with the pot of amṛta and brought Āyurveda, the science of life, into the world. Agni Purāṇa; Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa; Bhavishya Purāṇa; Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa; Vāmana Purāṇa; Brahma Purāṇa; Bhāgavata Purāṇa

People

• Dhanvantari (son of Āyus): a king at the beginning of the kalpa, son of Āyus, who lost his tapas to the asura Tamas, praised Bhagavān Vishṇu and gained the kingdom of the devas. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 52