Jivaka (English spelling)

Japanese: Jīvaka(英語表記)Jivaka
Jivaka (English spelling)

...Medicine was organized into a system of knowledge and became a specialized field of study at the time when free thought was born in India and the Upanishad philosophers, Buddha, and Mahavira were active. The legendary physician Jivaka is said to have been Buddha's personal physician, and the Buddha's teachings themselves often use medical metaphors. Many of the legendary physicians who appear in later classical medical books would also belong to this period if considered historical figures.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Jīvaka" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…医学が知の体系へとまとめられ専門的学問になるのはちょうどインドにおいて自由思想が生まれ,ウパニシャッドの哲人や仏陀やマハービーラが活躍した時代である。伝説的な名医ジーバカJīvaka(耆婆(ぎば))は仏陀の侍医であったといわれるし,仏陀の教え自体にもしばしば医療に関する比喩が用いられている。後の古典医学書に登場する伝説的な医者たちの多くも,歴史上の人物とすればこの時期に属するであろう。…

※「Jīvaka」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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