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<p>115.99.2.92: </p> <hr /> <div>{{use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}<br /> {{use Indian English|date=November 2016}}<br /> {{Cleanup|reason=merge unformatted addition with main article text|date=February 2015}}<br /> {{Infobox character<br /> }}<br /> '''Vaishampayana''' ({{lang-sa|वैशंपायन}}, {{IAST|Vaiśampāyana}}) was the traditional narrator of the ''[[Mahabharata]]'', one of the two major [[Sanskrit]] [[epic poetry|epics]] of [[History of India| India]]. He was an [[History of India|ancient Indian]] sage who was the original teacher of the ''Krishna [[Yajurveda|Yajur-Veda]]''. The ''Ashvalayana Grihya Sutra'' mentions him as ''Mahabharatacharya''. He is also mentioned in the ''Taittiriya Aranayaka'' and the ''Ashtadhyayi'' of [[Pāṇini]].&lt;ref&gt;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&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> He was a pupil of [[Vyasa]], from whom he learned the ''Jaya'', the original 8,800 verses of the ''Mahabharata''. He later expanded the ''Jaya'' to 24,000 verses under the name ''Bharata'', which he recited to King [[Janamejaya]] at his ''sarpa satra'' (snake sacrifice). The ''[[Harivamsa]]'' is also said to have been recited by him.<br /> <br /> ==Reference==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==Further reading==<br /> *Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology<br /> <br /> {{Mahabharata}}<br /> {{Rishis of Hindu mythology}}<br /> {{HinduMythology}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Characters in the Mahabharata]]<br /> [[Category:Rishis]]<br /> <br /> {{Hindu-myth-stub}}<br /> {{hindu-bio-stub}}</div>

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