Template:Did you know nominations/Jīvaka

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:58, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Jīvaka

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Jīvaka is conversing with the Buddha. Burma, 1875

• ... that Jīvaka, a child left behind on a trash belt, later became the doctor of the Buddha? Source: (Salguero 2009, p. 198); (Malalasekera 1960, Jīvaka)
  • ALT1:... that traditional Buddhist texts claim that Jīvaka, doctor of the Buddha, made use of an ancient "ultrasound probe"? Source: (Chhem 2013, pp. 11–2); (Zysk 1998, p. 54)
  • ALT2:... that Jīvaka, the Buddha's doctor, told a patient to lie still for 21 years, just to persuade him to lie still for 21 days? Source: (Muley 2001)
  • ALT3:... that traditional Buddhist texts claim that Jīvaka, the Buddha's doctor, did brain surgery in the 5th century BCE? Source: (Banerjee, Ezer & Nanda 2011, p. 320)
  • ALT4:... that Jīvaka, the Buddha's doctor, was able to flee an angry king by secretly giving a purgative to the kings's guard? Source: (Malalasekera 1960, Jīvaka)

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Improved to Good Article status by Farang Rak Tham (talk) and Sourabhmallickp (talk). Nominated by Farang Rak Tham (talk) at 20:43, 20 August 2019 (UTC).

• This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and any of the hooks could be used except for ALT4, which is not completely accurate. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:08, 27 August 2019 (UTC)