Vaidya

Vaidya (Sanskrit: वैद्य Bengali: বৈদ্য Malayalam:വാദ്ധ്യാർ) is a Sanskrit word meaning "physician".[1] It is also used unchanged in modern Indo-Aryan languages such as Hindi.[2] It was and is used generally in India to refer to a person who practises ayurveda, an indigenous Indian system of medicine.[3] Senior practitioners or teachers were called Vaidyarāja ("physician-king") as a mark of respect. Some practitioners who had complete knowledge of the texts and were excellent at their practices were known as Pranaacharya. Some royal families in India had a personal vaidya in attendance and these people were referred to as Rāja Vaidya ("the king's physician").[4][5]

Vaidya as a surname

"Vaidya" is also a surname in the northern and western states of India.[6] A number of notable people have had the surname, such as:

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