Vaisampayana or
Vaiśampayana a character in the
MahabharataThe Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the . The epic is part of the Hindu itihāsa , and forms an important part of Hindu mythology....
, one of the two major
SanskritSanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India. It is also declared as a classical language by the government of India....
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of
ancient IndiaAncient India may refer to:*The ancient History of India, which generally includes the ancient history of the whole Indian subcontinent **Indus Valley Civilization — during the Bronze Age...
. He was a celebrated
ancient IndianThe known history of India - the name in this context includes the areas now known as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - begins with the Indus Valley Civilization, which spread and flourished in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent, from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE. Its Mature Harappan period...
sage who was the original teacher of the
Black Yajur-VedaThe Yajurveda is the third of the four canonical texts of Hinduism, the Vedas...
.
He was a pupil of the great Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, from whom he learned the
Jaya, the original 8,800 verses of the
MahabharataThe Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the . The epic is part of the Hindu itihāsa , and forms an important part of Hindu mythology....
. He later expanded the
Jaya to 24,000 verses under the name
Bharata, which he recited to King
JanamejayaEmperor Janamejaya was the son of Maharaja Parikshit and great-grandson of Arjuna the valiant warrior hero of the Mahābhārata epic. He took up the Kuru throne following the death of his father...
at a festival.
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Vaisampayana or
Vaiśampayana a character in the
MahabharataThe Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the . The epic is part of the Hindu itihāsa , and forms an important part of Hindu mythology....
, one of the two major
SanskritSanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India. It is also declared as a classical language by the government of India....
epicsThe Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System is a software environment used to develop and implement distributed control systems to operate devices such as particle accelerators, telescopes and other large experiments. EPICS also provides SCADA capabilities...
of
ancient IndiaAncient India may refer to:*The ancient History of India, which generally includes the ancient history of the whole Indian subcontinent **Indus Valley Civilization — during the Bronze Age...
. He was a celebrated
ancient IndianThe known history of India - the name in this context includes the areas now known as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - begins with the Indus Valley Civilization, which spread and flourished in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent, from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE. Its Mature Harappan period...
sage who was the original teacher of the
Black Yajur-VedaThe Yajurveda is the third of the four canonical texts of Hinduism, the Vedas...
.
He was a pupil of the great Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, from whom he learned the
Jaya, the original 8,800 verses of the
MahabharataThe Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the . The epic is part of the Hindu itihāsa , and forms an important part of Hindu mythology....
. He later expanded the
Jaya to 24,000 verses under the name
Bharata, which he recited to King
JanamejayaEmperor Janamejaya was the son of Maharaja Parikshit and great-grandson of Arjuna the valiant warrior hero of the Mahābhārata epic. He took up the Kuru throne following the death of his father...
at a festival. The
HarivamsaThe Harivamsha is an important work of Sanskrit literature, containing 16,374 verses, mostly in metre. The text is also known as . This text is believed as a khila to the Mahabharata and traditionally ascribed to Krishna Dvaipayana Veda Vyasa...
is also said to have been recited by him. The full 100,000 verses of the
Mahabharata was not complete until several centuries later.