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Vaisampayana

Sage in Hinduism

Summary

Sage in Hinduism

Field	Value
type	Hindu
image	Sauti recites the slokas of the Mahabharata.jpg
caption	Vaishampayana listens as Shaunaka recites the Mahabharata.
texts	Mahabharata, Harivamsa
affiliation	Rishi

Vaishampayana (, ) is the traditional narrator of the Mahabharata, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of India. He was one of Vyasa's four main disciples. His nephew and disciple, Yajnavalkya, who was also a well-known sage.

Legend

Vaishampayana is a renowned sage who is stated to be the original teacher of the Krishna Yajur-Veda:

The Ashvalayana Grihya Sutra mentions him as Mahabharatacharya. He is also mentioned in the Taittiriya Aranyaka and the Ashtadhyayi of Pāṇini.

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). The Harivamsha Purana is also recited by him, where he narrates the legend of Prithu's emergence from Vena.

References

www.wisdomlib.org. (2019-01-28). "Story of Vaiśampāyana".
Swami Harshananda, [https://references.rkmm.org/external/manual/a-concise-encyclopaedia-of-hinduism/article/vai%C5%9Bamp%C4%81yana?p=03408e62817b3af3099725755af0978b04fddd5ece0745ea1b7f78cbb5508433 A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism]
www.wisdomlib.org. (2021-11-13). "Names of different Manus, different Sages and others [Chapter 150]".
Raychaudhuri, H.C. (1972). ''[https://archive.org/details/politicalhistory00raycuoft/page/n3/mode/2up Political History of Ancient India: From the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty]'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta, p.38
"The Mahabharata, Book 1:Adi Parva: Section I". sacred texts.
(2006). "Bhāratatattva: Course in Indology : a Study Guide". Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture.
Debroy, Bibek. (2016-09-09). "Harivamsha". Penguin UK.

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