Ayurveda
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Ayurveda is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. It is heavily practised throughout India and Nepal, where as much as 80% of the population report using Ayu
Dhanvantari, an avatar of Vishnu, is the Hindu god associated with Ayurveda.
Physician taking pulse, Delhi, c. 1825
Ayurvedic preparations displayed in Delhi in 2016
Tulsi-flower (holy basil), an Ayurvedic herb
Dhanvantari
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Dhanvantari is the physician of the devas in Hinduism. He is regarded as an avatar of Vishnu. He is mentioned in the Puranas as the god of Ayurveda.
Ayurveda
…the gods to sages and then to human physicians. Printed editions of the Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium), frame the work as the teachings of Dhanvantari, the Hindu deity of Ayurveda, incarnated as King Divodāsa of Varanasi, to a group of physicians, including Sushruta. The oldest manuscripts of the work…
Dhanavantri sculpture on the outerwall of the Somanathapura temple, Karnataka
Painting of Dhanvantari.
Statue of Dhanvantari at Tarakeshwar temple
Dhanvantari at Ayurved Sankul Anand, which is a premier institute of Ayurveda situated in the Milk City of India, Anand, Gujarat.