Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t3.86

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Jiva Jivak, or Jivaka Komarbhacca (in Chinese Qi Po), is famous as the doctor of Lord Buddha. Introduced to China through the translated Buddhist Tripitakas, he became a celebrated personality of ancient Chinese medicine on account of his excellent accomplishments in the field of medicine (gynecology, obstetrics and pediatrics) and surgery (especially neurosurgery). In Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese