# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jivaka-kaumarabhrtya
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:55:18.591Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jivaka-kaumarabhrtya"
name: "Jīvaka Kaumārabhṛtya"
slug: "jivaka-kaumarabhrtya"
description: "Jīvaka was the personal physician of the Buddha and the Indian King Bimbisāra. He lived in Rājagṛha, present-day Rajgir, in the 5th century BCE. Sometimes described as the \"Medicine King\" and \"Thrice Crowned physician\" he figures prominently in legendary accounts in Asia as a model healer, and is honoured as such by traditional healers in several Asian countries."
tagline: "Personal physician of the Buddha and Indian King Bimbisara"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bang_Khon_Thi_-_Wat_Bang_Kung_%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B8%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%87_(2022)_-_img_09.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-401"
deathDate: "-401"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.461236
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%80%86%E5%A9%86"
    title: "耆婆"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "جيفاكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%95"
    title: "जीवक"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "জীবক কুমারভচ্চ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jivaka_Kumar_Bhaccha"
    title: "Jivaka Kumar Bhaccha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%ABvaka"
    title: "Jīvaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%95"
    title: "जीवक"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jivaka"
    title: "Jivaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%82%AB"
    title: "ジーヴァカ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%87%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%80"
    title: "ជីវក"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%87%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9D%E1%80%80"
    title: "ဇီဝက"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%2C_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8C%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "சீவகன், பௌத்தம்"
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  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%88%E0%B9%8C"
    title: "ชีวกโกมารภัจจ์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jīvaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689712"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump