धन्वन्तरि

• devata evan daityoan ke sammilit prayas ke shrant ho jane par kshirodadhi ka manthan svayan kshir-sagarashayi kar rahe the. halahal, gau, airavat, uchchai:shrava ashv, apsaraean, kaustubhamani, varooni, mahashankh, kalpavriksh, chandrama, lakshmi ji aur kadali vriksh usase prakat ho chuke the. ant mean hath mean amritapoorn svarn kalash liye shyam varn, chaturbhuj bhagavan dhanvantari prakat hue.
• amrit-vitaran ke pashchat devaraj indr ki prarthana par bhagavan dhanvantari ne dev-vaidy ka pad svikar kar liya.
• amaravati unaka nivas bani.
• kalakram se prithvi par manushy rogoan se atyant pi dit ho gaye.
• prajapati indr ne dhanvantari ji se prarthana ki.
• bhagavan ne kashiraj divodas ke roop mean prithvi par avatar dharan kiya.
• inaki 'dhanvantari-sanhita' ayurved ka mool granth hai.
• ayurved ke adi achary sushrut muni ne dhanvantari ji se hi is shastr ka upadesh prapt kiya.

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ayu ke putr ka nam dhanvantari tha. vah vir yashasvi tatha dharmik tha. rajyabhog ke uparaant yog ki or pravritt hokar vah ganga sagar sangam par samadhi lagakar tapasya karane laga. gat anek varshoan se usase trast maharakshas samudr mean chhupa hua tha. vairagi dhanvantari ko dekh usane nari ka roop dharan kar usaka tap bhang kar diya, tadanantar aantardhan ho gaya. dhanvantari usi ki smritiyoan mean bhatakane laga. brahma ne use samast sthiti se avagat kiya tatha vishnu ki aradhana karane ke lie kaha. vishnu ko prasann karake usane indr pad prapt kiya, kiantu poorvajanmoan ke karmoan ke phalasvaroop vah tin bar indr pad se chyut hua-

1. vritrahatya ke phalasvaroop nahush dvara
2. siandhusen vadh ke karan
3. ahilya se anuchit vyavahar ke karan. tadanantar brihaspati ke sath indr ne vishnu aur shiv ko aradhana se prasann karake apane rajy ki sthirata ka var prapt kiya. vah sthan poornatirth nam se vikhyat hai.