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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Yajnavaraha''' (10th century) was priest-doctor and a royal physician at the court of king [[Rajendravarman]] in [[Angkor]], [[Cambodia]], practising traditional Cambodian medicine and [[Ayurveda]].<ref name=dictionary>Bynum, WF & Bynum, Helen (2006) ''Dictionary of Medical Biography''. Greenwood Press. {{ISBN|0-313-32877-3}}.</ref> He was a [[Brahmin]] of royal descent and was the grandson of [[Harshavarman I|King Harshavarman I]].<ref name=Coedes>{{cite book|last= Coedès|first= George|authorlink= George Coedès|editor= Walter F. Vella|others= trans.Susan Brown Cowing|title= The Indianized States of Southeast Asia|year= 1968|publisher= University of Hawaii Press|isbn= 978-0-8248-0368-1}}</ref>{{rp|117}}<ref name=Higham>Higham, C., 2001, The Civilization of Angkor, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, {{ISBN|9781842125847}}</ref>{{rp|79}} Most of his learning was from his father Damodara, who was a [[Vedas|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]].<ref name=Higham2>Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., {{ISBN|9786167339443}}</ref>{{rp|367}} <br />
He went on to become the [[guru]] of [[Jayavarman V|King Jayavarman V]] and practised [[Ayurveda|ayurvedic medicine]] at the royal court.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Traditional Cambodian medicine]]<br />
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