Vaisampayana

Vaisampayana

Vaisampayana or Vaiśampayana a character in the Mahabharata, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. He was a celebrated ancient Indian sage who was the original teacher of the "Black Yajur-Veda".

He was a pupil of the great Krishna Dwaipayana 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 a festival. The "Harivamsa" is also said to have been recited by him. The full 100,000 verses of the "Mahabharata" was not complete until several centuries later.

References

*Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology


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