ḍanvantari | डन्वन्तरि | Danvantari
ḍanvan-tari | डन्वन्-तरि | m. (for ˚vani-t˚ | ˚वनि-त्˚ |), ‘moving in a curve’, N. of a deity to whom oblations were offered in the north-east quarter, Kauś. 74; Mn. iii, 85; MBh. xiii, 4662 (where ˚tare | ˚तरे | w.r. for ˚tareḥ | ˚तरेः |)
of the sun, MBh. iii, 155
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), MBh.; Hariv.; R.; Suśr.; Pur. Rājat. vii, 1392 (ḍānv˚ | डान्व्˚ |)
N. of the author of a medical dictionary (perhaps the same mentioned among the 9 gems of the court of Vikramāditya), Cat.
of the sun, MBh. iii, 155
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), MBh.; Hariv.; R.; Suśr.; Pur. Rājat. vii, 1392 (ḍānv˚ | डान्व्˚ |)
N. of the author of a medical dictionary (perhaps the same mentioned among the 9 gems of the court of Vikramāditya), Cat.