Vyasa (Vyāsa in IAST transliteration) is an important figure in the Hindu religion and its literature. He is a rishi, but his status may be considered equal to that of gods and goddesses. He appears anachronistically in numerous texts from the classic to early modern period of Hinduism. He plays an important role in not only the literature but the belief of many Hindus. Vyasa also is called "Veda Vyasa," or "Splitter of the Vedas," the splitting being a feat that allowed mortals to understand the divine knowledge of the Vedas. The word vyaasa means split, differentiate, or describe. He was the son of Satyavati, a ferryman's daughter, and the wandering sage Parashara. He was born on an island in the River Yamuna. He became the father of the princes Dhritarashtra and Pandu (by Ambika and Ambalika, the wives of King Vichitravirya). He also had a third son, Vidura, by a serving maid to the queens. Vyasa thus was the grandfather of both the warring parties of the Mahabharata, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. He makes occasional appearances in the story as a spiritual guide to the young princes. He is also the narrator of the Mahabharata, and is said to have asked Ganesha to aid him in writing it down. It is said that Ganesha imposed a condition that Vyasa narrate the story without pause, and Vyasa made a counter-condition that Lord Ganesh understand the verse before he transcribed it. This is supposed to explain the complicated Sanskrit used in the Mahabharata. He also divided the Vedas into four part for mankind, wrote all eighteen Puranas, especially the Bhagavata Purana and said to have written the Brahma Sutras, an important Vedantic text that reconciled seemingly contradictory verses of the Upanishads. His name at birth was Kṛṣṇa . He is also known as '' Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana'' (the dark one born on an island) and in modern Indian languages may be known as ''Rishi Veda Vyaasa'' or, in some languages as ''Vyās''. Other names include ''Pārāsarya''. Like Hanuman, he is said to be immortal and is one of the seven Chiranjeevin. Additionally, he is a secondary avatar of Vishnu. He is considered to be the ideal Brahmarishi, omniscient, truthful, purest of the pure and possessor of knowledge of the essence of Brahman. ---- A sage also named ''Veda Vyasa'' (ca. 650-850), obviously deriving the name from the more mythic rishi, wrote the oldest extant and most influential commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali called Yoga-Bhashya. jv:Abyasa Hindu sages Mahabharata epic
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I presume that this is an aspect of Hindu mythology? --User:Robert Merkel 03:50, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC) : Yes. also Hindu belief. some people get offended when it is called mythology suggesting it may not have happened. - User:Hemanshu 03:53, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC) ::That is true, regardless of the specific religion, but there's no other suitable term AFAICT. Does the story of Vyasa have a specific written source? If so, we could describe him it as "according to ''source foo'', an important text of Hinduism''...
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Vyasa (Vyāsa in IAST transliteration) is an important figure in the Hindu religion and its literature. He is a rishi, but his status may be considered equal to that of gods and goddesses. He appears anachronistically in numerous texts from the classic to early modern period of Hinduism. He plays an important role in not only the literature but the belief of many Hindus. Vyasa also is called "Veda Vyasa," or "Splitter of the Vedas," the splitting being a feat that allowed mortals to understand the divine knowledge of the Vedas. The word vyaasa means split, differentiate, or describe. He was the son of Satyavati, a ferryman's daughter, and the wandering sage Parashara. He was born on an island in the River Yamuna. He became the father of the princes Dhritarashtra and Pandu (by Ambika and Ambalika, the wives of King Vichitravirya). He also had a third son, Vidura, by a serving maid to the queens. Vyasa thus was the grandfather of both the warring parties of the Mahabharata, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. He makes occasional appearances in the story as a spiritual guide to the young princes. He is also the narrator of the Mahabharata, and is said to have asked Ganesha to aid him in writing it down. It is said that Ganesha imposed a condition that Vyasa narrate the story without pause, and Vyasa made a counter-condition that Lord Ganesh understand the verse before he transcribed it. This is supposed to explain the complicated Sanskrit used in the Mahabharata. He also divided the Vedas into four part for mankind, wrote all eighteen Puranas, especially the Bhagavata Purana and said to have written the Brahma Sutras, an important Vedantic text that reconciled seemingly contradictory verses of the Upanishads. His name at birth was Kṛṣṇa . He is also known as '' Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana'' (the dark one born on an island) and in modern Indian languages may be known as ''Rishi Veda Vyaasa'' or, in some languages as ''Vyās''. Other names include ''Pārāsarya''. Like Hanuman, he is said to be immortal and is one of the seven Chiranjeevin. Additionally, he is a secondary avatar of Vishnu. He is considered to be the ideal Brahmarishi, omniscient, truthful, purest of the pure and possessor of knowledge of the essence of Brahman. ---- A sage also named ''Veda Vyasa'' (ca. 650-850), obviously deriving the name from the more mythic rishi, wrote the oldest extant and most influential commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali called Yoga-Bhashya. jv:Abyasa Hindu sages Mahabharata epic
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I am a new member. I am very excited on the idea of free exchange of knowledge and that I can be part of it. The idea of "wiki" is really cool! :I've been around for almost a month now since I discovered Wikipedia on October 20th, 2003. Considering my short span of attention, I can't tell how long I will be here. :As for now, I am busy playing as mother nature, extending new synapses (links) between neurons (corresponding articles in different languages). Sometimes I create a couple new neurons (stubs) too. It is fun! :-)
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Hello Vyasa, Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers to Wikipedia! I hope you have a lot of fun here. There are lots of resources around to help guide you. be sure to check out: *Wikipedia:Naming conventions *Wikipedia:Manual of Style If you want add any images check out: *wikipedia:image use policy *Wikipedia:How to keep image file sizes as small as possible If you need any help try: *Wikipedia:Help *wikipedia:Village pump *Or ask me at my talk page User_talk:Theresa knott Don't be afraid of making the odd mistake, there are any number of others eagerly waiting for a chance to correct it! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- == creating stubs == Please consider adding all the stubs you make to Wikipedia:Pages needing attention. Thanks! User:Kingturtle 04:45, 15 Nov 2003 (UTC)
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I presume that this is an aspect of Hindu mythology? --User:Robert Merkel 03:50, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC) : Yes. also Hindu belief. some people get offended when it is called mythology suggesting it may not have happened. - User:Hemanshu 03:53, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC) ::That is true, regardless of the specific religion, but there's no other suitable term AFAICT. Does the story of Vyasa have a specific written source? If so, we could describe him it as "according to ''source foo'', an important text of Hinduism''...
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