Yajnavaraha
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Yajnavaraha(10th century BC) was priest-doctor and a royal physician in Angkor, Cambodia, practising traditional Cambodian medicine and Ayurveda.[1] He was a Brahmin of royal descent and was the grandson of King Harshavarman, and son of King Yashovarman. Most of his learning was from his father Damodara, who was a vedic scholar. He was known for his religious contributions and helping the poor. He was rewarded for this with a parasol of peacock feathers. He was also a musician and an astronomer at the royal court. Along with his younger brother, Vishnukumara, he commissioned the erection of a Shaivite temple called Isvarapura or Banteay Srei, 15 miles north of Angkor Wat. He went on to become the guru of King Jayavarman V and practised ayurvedic medicine at the royal court.
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- ^ Bynum, WF & Bynum, Helen (2006) Dictionary of Medical Biography. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-31-332877-3.
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