Vaisampayana
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Vaishampayana (Template:Langx, Template:IAST3) is the traditional narrator of the Mahabharata, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of India.[1] He was one of Vyasa's four main disciples. His nephew and disciple, Yajnavalkya, who was also a well-known sage.[2]
Legend
Vaishampayana is a renowned sage who is stated to be the original teacher of the Krishna Yajur-Veda:[3]
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The great man of intellect Vaiśampāyana, the disciple of Vyāsa, divided the tree of Yajurveda into seven branches.
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The Ashvalayana Grihya Sutra mentions him as Mahabharatacharya. He is also mentioned in the Taittiriya Aranyaka and the Ashtadhyayi of Pāṇini.[4]
Vyasa is regarded to have taught the Mahabharata of 100,000 verses to Vaishampayana. He is regarded to have recited the epic to King Janamejaya at his sarpa satra (snake sacrifice).[5] The Harivamsha Purana is also recited by him, where he narrates the legend of Prithu's emergence from Vena.[6][7]
References
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- ↑ Swami Harshananda, A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
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- ↑ Raychaudhuri, H.C. (1972). Political History of Ancient India: From the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty, Calcutta: University of Calcutta, p.38
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Further reading
- Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology
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