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List Medicine and tools used in Hospital
The list of instruments, medicine and the quantities of each item used in the
hospital was approved by the King.

Medicine Buddha during Angkor ERA
King of Medicine, whose name is Bhaisajyaguru or
Bhaiṣajyaguru-vaidūryaprabharāja, is the buddha of healing
and medicine, commonly called the Medicine Buddha Sutra.
His name was very popular in the hospital inscription during
Angkor Era.

Translation from the First paragraph of Say Fong Inscription
I. In homage to Buddha, who forms the material, natural and spirit, who surpass
duality of human and non-human ….
II. bow in front of the Jina Bhaisajyaguruvaiduryaprabharaja that give peace and
health to whom that obeyed his name
III. …..