Dhanwantari : The educator of Susruta (Father of Surgery)
The Dhanwantari is famous physician of the Gods in heaven. His incarnation in the world has been in the form of king of Kasi (place in Indian also named as Benaras) namely Kasiraja Divodasa Dhanwantari. In Susruta samhita (the book for surgery in Ayurveda) Divodasa Dhanwantari is the narrator of the Susruta (father of surgery) along with other students. There it is mentioned as that "I am the first God which relieves from aging, diseases and death. I am the one who is guiding about the surgery and realted things". Again in so many chapters in Susruta samhita it is mentioned that " As stated by revered Dhanwantari". Whereas some of the historian opines that the Dhanwantari is the title accorded as the word means 'A perfect surgeon'. In some of the context the word "Dhanu" means the surgery and the person who has reached the zenith of the knowledge of surgery is known as Dhanwanatri. Divodasa is belived to the founde...