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Vaishampayana
(Sanskrit: वैशंपायन,
Vaiśampāyana) was
the traditional
narrator of the
Mahabharata, one of
the two major
Sanskrit epics of
ancient India. He
was a ancient Indian
sage who was the
original teacher of
the Black Yajur-Veda.
The Ashvalayana
Grihya Sutra
mentions him as
Mahabharatacharya.
He is also mentioned
in the Taittiriya
Aranayaka and the
Ashtadhyayi of
Pāṇini.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. The full 100,000 verses of the Mahabharata was not complete until several centuries later. |
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