Jivaka Komarabhacca, Doctor
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Jivaka Komarabhacca, Doctor: The personal physician of the Buddha. The son of King Bimbisara and Ambapali and half brother of King Ajatasatru. Other sources say that he was an orphan raised by a certain prince Abhaya. Also known as the Father Doctor Shivago. In Thailand he is held to be the founder of the Thai system of medicine.
See; Jivaka Sutta: a Discourse to Doctor Jivaka on Vegetarianism and the Four Medicine Tantras.
