Sanskrit: भैषज्यगुरु
Chinese: 藥師佛
Japanese: 薬師仏
Korean: 약사불
Standard Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་བླ

Bhaiṣajyaguru ( Medicine Master and King of Lapis Lazuli Light ) is the Buddha of healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Commonly referred to as the “Medicine Buddha”, he is described as a doctor who cures dukkha (suffering) using the medicine of his teachings.
Bhaiṣajyaguru is typically depicted seated, wearing the three robes of a Buddhist monk, holding a lapis-colored jar of medicine nectar in his left hand and the right hand resting on his right knee, holding the stem of the Aruna fruit or Myrobalan between thumb and forefinger.

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