धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of a deity, of the sun, the physician of the gods, no definition provided, the author of a medical dictionary, see the preceding column. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Divine Physician and Ayurveda Founder, The Sun God (Surya), Citations/Cross-references.
the physician of the gods (produced at the churning of the ocean with a cup of Amṛta in his hands, the supposed author of the Āyur-veda, who in a later existence is also called Divo-dāsa, king of Kāśi, and considered to be the founder of the Hindū school of medicine), Mahābhārata (Title) ; Harivaṃśa (Title) ; Rāmāyaṇa (Title) ; Suśruta (Title) [ID=99665]
1. A deity. 2. An epithet of the sun. 3. The physician of the gods.
धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) [Printed book page 130-1] धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) dhanvan-tari, m. [moving in an are] N.of a being worshipped as a god; ep. of the sun; N.of the physician of the gods, produced at the churning of the ocean: -yaj ña,m. sacrifice to Dhanvantari. [ID=9923]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The physician of the gods, born from the churning of the ocean. 2. A celebrated physician and founder of the Hindu medical school. 3. The sun. 4. An epithet of Shiva. 5. One of the nine gems of the court of Vikramaditya.
धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) [Printed book page 438] धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) m. (-रिः (-riḥ))
1 The physician of the gods, who was produced at the churning of the ocean.
2 A celebrated physician; also काशिराज (kāśirāja) being the same as the preceding in another existence: he appears to have been the founder of the Hindu medical school.
3 The sun.
4 A name of ŚIVA.
5 One of the nine gems of the court of VIKRAMĀDITYA.
[ID=20377]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The physician of the gods. 2. The sun. 3. Shiva.
धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) [Printed book page 390-b] धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari)(रिः) ((riḥ)) 2. m. The physician of the gods; the sun; Shiva. [ID=19865]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The physician of the gods, who emerged from the churning of the ocean. 2. A renowned physician and founder of the Hindu medical school. 3. The sun. 4. An epithet of Shiva. 5. One of the nine gems at the court of Vikramaditya.
धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) [Printed book page 365-a] धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari)
m. (-रिः (-riḥ))
1. The physician of the gods, who was produced at the churning of the ocean.
2. A celebrated physician; also काशिराज, (kāśirāja,) being the same as the preceding in another existence: he appears to have been the founder of the Hindu medical school. 3. The sun.
4. A name of SIVA.
5. One of the nine gems of the court of VIKRAMĀDITYA. धनोः तन्निमित्त शल्यस्य अन्तं पारं ऋच्छति ऋ गतौइन् (dhanoḥ tannimitta śalyasya antaṃ pāraṃ ṛcchati ṛ gatauin)किच्च । समुद्रोत्थिते देववैद्यभेदे । (kicca . samudrotthite devavaidyabhede .)
[ID=20363]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A mythical being. 2. An epithet of the sun. 3. The physician of the gods.
धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) [Printed book page 247] धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari)m.N. of a cert. mythol. being, E. of the Sun, in l. l. the physician of the gods. [ID=15144]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
the celestial physician
धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) [Printed book page 241-1] Dhanvantari1, the celestial physician. § 28 (Amṛtaman-
thana): I, 18, 1149 (when the gods churned the ocean,
Dh. arose having a white vessel of amṛta in his hand).—
§ 753 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 97, 4662 (B. Dh°eḥ, but C.
reads Dh°re (from Dhanvantara), the bali sacrifice to Dh.
shall be performed in the north-eastern region).
[ID=3388]
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
An avatar of Vishnu, son of Dirghatamas, originator of Ayurveda, king of Kashi, and healer of all diseases.
धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) [Printed book page 2-156] Dhanvantari (I) — an avatār of Viṣṇu; a son of Dīrghata- m(p)as, the originator of the Āyurveda, and the father of Ketuman.1 According to one account he appeared during the Amṛtamathana, when Hari called Dh. Abja (Aja-Vā. P.). Page2-157+ 28 who wanted to be his son and blessed him to be a teacher of Āyurveda and be born as the son of Kāśi's king Dīrgha- tapas; was king of Kāśi and cured all diseases.2 [Footnote: 1) Bhā. I. 3. 17; II. 7. 21; IX. 17. 4-5; M. 47. 30.]
[Footnote: 2) Bhā. VIII. 8. 35; M. 251. 1 and 4: Br. III. 67. 7-10: 72. 3: IV. 9. 74-5; 10. 3-5; 20. 52; Vā. 92. 7-22; 97. 3; Vi. I. 9. 98-108; IV. 8. 8-11.] [ID=6508]
— The Purana Index
The Sun God (Surya)
3 definitions3
of the sun
of the sun, Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 155 [ID=99664]
(H2) [Printed book page 509,3] धन्वन्-तरि (dhanvan-tari)m. (for °वनि-त्° (°vani-t°)), ‘moving in a curve’, N. of a deity to whom oblations were offered in the north-east quarter, Kauśika-sūtra (Title) 74 ; Manu-smṛti (Title) iii, 85 ; Mahābhārata (Title) xiii, 4662 (where °तरे (°tare)w.r. for °तरे (°tare)ः (°tareḥ)) [ID=99663]
N. of the author of a medical dictionary (perhaps the same mentioned among the 9 gems of the court of Vikramāditya), Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=99667]
[Printed book page 241-2] Dhanvantari3 = Śiva (1000 names2). [ID=3390]
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
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Definitions on this page come from 10 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
