Divodasa

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Divodāsa ("heaven's slave") is a name of Bharadvaja (celebrated for his liberality and protected by Indra and the Ashvins in the Rigveda, RV 1.112.14; 1.116.18), the son of Vadhryashva RV 6.61.5. Also the name of the father of Sudas (RV 7.18.28) and of a king of Kashi surnamed Dhanvantari, founder of the Indian school of medicine (see Ayurveda).