Jivaka Kumar Bhaccha

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Jivaka Kumar Bhaccha , also Shivago Komarpaj (* around 540 BC, probably in Rajagriha ), is considered to be the founder of traditional Thai massage .

Life

There are many different versions of the time of Jivaka Kumar Bhaccha's birth and his training. It is more or less certain that it was probably around 540 BC. Was born in Rajagriha, today's Rajgir in the south of Bihar . According to some traditions, he was said to have been the son of King Bimbisara . He is said to have received medical training in Taxila from Atreya, a descendant of Atri .

During the Buddha's lifetime , Bhacha is said to have been an important doctor in the Kingdom of Magadha (which is in today's India ) and to have known and treated the Buddha personally. It is repeatedly mentioned in the Tipitaka , an important collection of Buddhist scriptures, as well as in the Vinayapitaka .

Buddha is said to have sent Bhaccha together with Vajradhara to the Himalayas to get medicinal ingredients. After his return, Buddha is said to have cured him of his pride by explaining ingredients to him that he had not known before. As a result, Bhacca is said to have proclaimed the Four Noble Truths of Theravada in connection with his views:

In Thai medicine, Baccha still plays a major role as the founder figure. His teaching divides the human body from bottom to top into three areas: body, energy and soul.

literature

  • Lobsang Rapgay: Tibetan Medicine , Volume 3.Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala 1981.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerald W. Fry, Gayla S. Nieminen, Harold E. Smith: Historical Dictionary of Thailand. Scarecrow Press, 2013. ISBN 9780810875258 . P. 411
  2. ↑ a b Ananda Apfelbaum: Thai Massage: Sacred Bodywork. Penguin, 2004. ISBN 9781583331682 . P. 25
  3. ↑ a b c d Howard Derek Evans: A Myofascial Approach to Thai Massage: East meets West. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2009. ISBN 9780702042720 . P. 6ff.
  4. ↑ Lisa Offringa: Medicinal Plants of Northern Thailand for the Treatment of Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly. Springer, 2014. ISBN 9783319102412 . P. 44
personal data
SURNAME Bhaccha, Jivaka Kumar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian doctor, founder of traditional Thai massage
DATE OF BIRTH between 6th century BC BC and 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH between 6th century BC BC and 4th century BC Chr.