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'''Vaishampayana''' ({{lang-sa|वैशंपायन}}, {{IAST|Vaiśampāyana}}) is the traditional narrator of the ''[[Mahabharata]]'', one of the two major [[Sanskrit]] [[epic poetry|epics]] of [[History of India|India]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2019-01-28 |title=Story of Vaiśampāyana |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/compilation/puranic-encyclopaedia/d/doc242036.html |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> | |||
== Legend == | |||
Vaishampayana is a renowned sage who is stated to be the original teacher of the ''Krishna [[Yajurveda|Yajur-Veda]]:''<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2021-11-13 |title=Names of different Manus, different Sages and others [Chapter 150] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-agni-purana/d/doc1083380.html |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> | |||
{{Blockquote|text=The great man of intellect Vaiśampāyana, the disciple of Vyāsa, divided the tree of Yajurveda into seven branches.|title=[[Agni Purana]]|source=Chapter 150}} | |||
The ''Ashvalayana Grihya Sutra'' mentions him as ''Mahabharatacharya''. He is also mentioned in the ''Taittiriya Aranayaka'' and the ''Ashtadhyayi'' of [[Pāṇini]].<ref>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</ref> | |||
[[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)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01002.htm|title=The Mahabharata, Book 1:Adi Parva: Section I|publisher=sacred texts}}</ref> The [[Harivamsa|Harivamsha Purana]] is also recited by him, where he narrates the legend of [[Prithu|Prithu's]] emergence from [[Vena (Hindu king)|Vena]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M3IMAQAAMAAJ&q=vaishampayana+harivamsha |title=Bhāratatattva: Course in Indology : a Study Guide |date=2006 |publisher=Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture |isbn=978-81-87332-50-3 |pages=66 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Debroy |first=Bibek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BRnpDAAAQBAJ&dq=vaishampayana+harivamsha&pg=PT32 |title=Harivamsha |date=2016-09-09 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-93-86057-91-4 |pages=32 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
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Vaishampayana (Sanskrit: वैशंपायन, Vaiśampāyana) is the traditional narrator of the Mahabharata, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of India.[1]
Legend[edit | edit source]
Vaishampayana is a renowned sage who is stated to be the original teacher of the Krishna Yajur-Veda:[2]
The great man of intellect Vaiśampāyana, the disciple of Vyāsa, divided the tree of Yajurveda into seven branches.
— Agni Purana, Chapter 150
The Ashvalayana Grihya Sutra mentions him as Mahabharatacharya. He is also mentioned in the Taittiriya Aranayaka and the Ashtadhyayi of Pāṇini.[3]
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)[4] The Harivamsha Purana is also recited by him, where he narrates the legend of Prithu's emergence from Vena.[5][6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ www.wisdomlib.org (28 January 2019). "Story of Vaiśampāyana". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ↑ www.wisdomlib.org (13 November 2021). "Names of different Manus, different Sages and others [Chapter 150]". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "The Mahabharata, Book 1:Adi Parva: Section I". sacred texts.
- ↑ Bhāratatattva: Course in Indology : a Study Guide. Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. 2006. p. 66. ISBN 978-81-87332-50-3.
- ↑ Debroy, Bibek (9 September 2016). Harivamsha. Penguin UK. p. 32. ISBN 978-93-86057-91-4.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology
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