[INDOLOGY] dhanvantari

[Krishnaprasad G]

In tradition there is a practice of sacrificing for Dhanvantari with this
below Mantra and even Viniyoga says it's devatA is Dhanvantari
Please see the attachment

अ॒यं मॆ॒ हस्तॊ॒ भग॑वान॒यं मॆ॒ भग॑वत्तरः ।
अ॒यं मॆ॑ वि॒श्वभॆ॑षजॊ॒ऽयं शि॒वाभि॑मर्शनः ॥ १०.६१.१२ ॥

On 20-Sep-2017 9:13 AM, "Nagaraj Paturi via INDOLOGY" <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Encyclopaedia of Indian Medicine: Historical perspective
>
> By Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao
>
> available here
> <https://books.google.co.in/books?id=QRvzRGn9QqkC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=Dhanvantari+is+mentioned+in&source=bl&ots=qot5hB0nIl&sig=lOdfdTTdPVBLYo2BZKpM6_Uf8DE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6ieHM5bLWAhWBQo8KHWexAhoQ6AEIVTAH#v=onepage&q=Dhanvantari%20is%20mentioned%20in&f=false> to
> read
>
> has an entry on Dhanvantari at pages 52-54.
>
> As per this, Dhanvantari is not directly mentioned in the Vedas. The
> earliest mention is in Mahabharata Adi 1140.
>
> Sharing a snapshot of the relevant page.
>
> I said in an earlier post on a similar topic,
>
> "The word 'Vedic' is not always used in the sense of ' as in Vedas'. The
> word is quite often used in the sense of 'belonging to the lineage of the
> cultural/textual complex of which the Vedas are (of course, vital)
> part. From the insider's point of view , Vaidika is Veda- aviruddha,
> Veda-anuroopa, Veda-anusaari etc. not necessarily Vedochcharita/Vedas'ruta.
> "
>
> The references provided in the pages 52-54 of this book establish that
> Dhanvantari is  Vedic as per the perspective mentioned above in my words.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 8:41 AM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Do you mean, is Dhanvantari mentioned in the Vedas or mentioned in
>> Sanskrit literature that was composed later to the date of the latest hymn
>> of the Veda?
>>
>> The word 'Vedic' literature can mean different things in different
>> contexts.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 5:52 AM, patrick mccartney via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Could someone please enlighten me as to when Dhanvantari is first
>>> mentioned, specifically whether this is within vedic or post-vedic
>>> literature.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Nagaraj Paturi
>>
>> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>>
>>
>> BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
>>
>> BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala
>>
>> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
>>
>> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
>>
>> (Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Nagaraj Paturi
>
> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>
>
> BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
>
> BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala
>
> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
>
> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
>
> (Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
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