'''ダヌヴァンタリ'''(Dhanvantari)はヒンドゥー教の医薬神で、ヴィシュヌ神のアバターである。プラーナ文献ではアーユルヴェーダの神として登場する<ref>www.wisdomlib.org, 2012-06-29, Dhanvantari, Dhanvamtari: 22 definitions , https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/dhanvantari#purana, 2022-08-02, www.wisdomlib.org</ref>。地上に降り立った彼は、カシ(現在ではバラナシと呼ばれる)の王として君臨していた。特にダンテラス(Dhanteras)<ref>インドの祝祭</ref>や全国アーユルヴェーダデー(Dhanvantari Trayodashi)には、自分自身や他人の健康を祈願するため、ダヌヴァンタリに祈りを捧げる者がいる<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Dhanteras-to-be-observed-as-National-Ayurveda-Day/articleshow/54599037.cms, Dhanteras to be observed as National Ayurveda Day - Times of India, The Times of India</ref>。また、ダヌヴァンタリは、ヴィシュヌ・プラーナに登場する神話のカシの王Divodasaの曾祖父であることが確認されている<ref>Gray Louis H., 1922, The Indian God Dhanvantari, https://www.jstor.org/stable/593645, Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume42 , pages323–337, doi:10.2307/593645, jstor:593645, issn:0003-0279</ref><ref name=":0">www.wisdomlib.org, 2014-08-30, Lineage of Ayu and origin of Dhanvantari [Chapter VIII], https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/vishnu-purana-wilson/d/doc116005.html, 2022-08-02, www.wisdomlib.org</ref>。
'''Dhanvantari''' is the [[Hindu]] god of medicine and an avatar of Lord [[Vishnu]]. He is mentioned in the ''[[Puranas]]'' as the god of [[Ayurveda]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2012-06-29 |title=Dhanvantari, Dhanvamtari: 22 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/dhanvantari#purana |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> During his incarnation on earth, he reigned as the King of Kashi, today locally referred to as [[Varanasi]]. Devotees pray to Dhanvantari to seek his blessings for sound health for themselves and/or others, especially on [[Dhanteras]] or Dhanvantari Trayodashi ("National Ayurveda Day").<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Dhanteras-to-be-observed-as-National-Ayurveda-Day/articleshow/54599037.cms|title=Dhanteras to be observed as National Ayurveda Day - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Dhanvantari is also identified as the great-grandfather of [[Divodasa]], a mythological King of Kashi in the [[Vishnu Purana]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gray |first=Louis H. |date=1922 |title=The Indian God Dhanvantari |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/593645 |journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society |volume=42 |pages=323–337 |doi神話 =10.2307/593645 |jstor=593645 |issn=0003-0279}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2014-08-30 |title=Lineage of Ayu and origin of Dhanvantari [Chapter VIII] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/vishnu-purana-wilson/d/doc116005.html |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> == Mythology == === Origin 起源 ===
''The [[Balakanda|Bala Kanda]]'' of the ''[[Ramayana]]''<ref>{{cite book|title=Valmiki Ramayana: Balakanda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=glKDtKF8XOIC|page=556|author=Harekrishna Satapathy|publisher=Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha|year=2010}}</ref> and ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]'' state that Dhanvantari emerged from the [[Ocean of Milk]] and appeared with the pot of [[amrita]] (elixir of immortality) during the ''[[Samudra manthan|Samudra Mathana]],'' whilst the ocean was being churned by the [[Deva (Hinduism)|deva]]s and the [[asura]]s, using the [[Mount Mandara|Mandara]] mountain and the serpent [[Vasuki]]. The pot of amrita was snatched by the asuras, and after this event, Vishnu's avatar, [[Mohini]], appears and takes the nectar back from the asuras. It is also believed that Dhanvantari promulgated the practice of Ayurveda.<ref name="M107">[[#Madhavan|Madhavan 2007]], p. 107</ref> Of special mention here is the treatise of ''Dhanvantari-Nighantu'', which completely elucidates Dhanvantari's medicinal plants.<ref>[https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/studies-on-medicinal-planets-and-drugs-in-dhanvantari-nighantu-two-volumes-NAD479/][http://www.saujanyabooks.com/details.aspx?id=34040][https://www.scribd.com/doc/290274952/dhanvantari-nighantu-pdf][http://www.vaidyaraj-ayurveda.com/dhanvantari.html][https://docslide.us/documents/dhanvantari-nighantupdf.html][https://www.amazon.in/Dhanvantari-Nighantu-Sanskrit-Text-English-Translation/dp/8189469126 Dhanvantari-Nighantu]</ref>