# धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari)

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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, an epithet of Shiva. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Divine Physician and Ayurveda Founder, The Sun God (Surya), Citations/Cross-references.

- **SLP1:** `Danvantari`  **IAST:** dhanvantari  **Devanagari:** धन्वन्तरि
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanvantari
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/dhanvantari/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** धन्वंतरि (dhanvaṃtari)

## Meanings by context

### Divine Physician and Ayurveda Founder (8 definitions)
- the physician of the gods  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 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.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 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.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. The physician of the gods. 2. The sun. 3. Shiva.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) [Printed book page 390-b ] धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) ( रिः ) ((riḥ)) 2. m. The physician of the gods; the sun; Shiva. [ ID=19865 ]
- 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.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. A mythical being. 2. An epithet of the sun. 3. The physician of the gods.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- the celestial physician  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) [Printed book page 241-1 ] Dhanvantari 1, 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 ]
- An avatar of Vishnu, son of Dirghatamas, originator of Ayurveda, king of Kashi, and healer of all diseases.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > 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 Sun God (Surya) (3 definitions)
- of the sun  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the sun, Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 155 [ ID=99664 ]
- 1. The sun. 2. The physician of the gods.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) [Printed book page 0431-a ] धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) dhanvantari, m. 1. A name of the sun, MBh. 3, 155. 2. The physician of the gods, who was pro- duced at the churning of the ocean, Bhāg. P. 2, 7, 31. [ ID=6947 ]
- Surya  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Dhanvantari 2 = Sūrya: III, 155. [ ID=3389 ]

### Citations/Cross-references (2 definitions)
- No definition provided.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Purāṇas (Literary category) Rājataraṃgiṇī (Title) vii, 1392 ( धान्व् (dhānv) ° (°) ) [ ID=99666 ]
- See the preceding column.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) [Printed book page 0448-c ] धन्वन्तरि (dhanvantari) dhanvan-tari. See col. 2. [ ID=23209 ]

### Deity of Specific Worship (1 definition)
- name of a deity  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (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 ]

### Human Physician/Scholar (1 definition)
- the author of a medical dictionary  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 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 ]

### The God Shiva (1 definition)
- Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > [Printed book page 241-2 ] Dhanvantari 3 = Śiva (1000 names 2 ). [ ID=3390 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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