Vaisampayana Explained
Vaishampayana (Sanskrit: वैशंपायन,) is the traditional narrator of the Mahabharata, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of India.[1]
Legend
Vaishampayana is a renowned sage who is stated to be the original teacher of the Krishna Yajur-Veda:[2] 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]
Further reading
- Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology
Notes and References
- Web site: www.wisdomlib.org . 2019-01-28 . Story of Vaiśampāyana . 2022-11-05 . www.wisdomlib.org . en.
- Web site: www.wisdomlib.org . 2021-11-13 . Names of different Manus, different Sages and others [Chapter 150] ]. 2022-11-05 . www.wisdomlib.org . en.
- 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
- Web site: The Mahabharata, Book 1:Adi Parva: Section I. sacred texts.
- Book: Bhāratatattva: Course in Indology : a Study Guide . 2006 . Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture . 978-81-87332-50-3 . 66 . en.
- Book: Debroy, Bibek . Harivamsha . 2016-09-09 . Penguin UK . 978-93-86057-91-4 . 32 . en.
