Vaisampayana

Vaisampayana
Vaishampayana listens as Shaunaka recites the Mahabharata.
AffiliationRishi
TextsMahabharata, Harivamsa

Vaishampayana (Sanskrit: वैशंपायन, IAST: Vaiśaṃpāyana) is the traditional narrator of the Mahabharata, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of India. He was one of Vyasa's four main disciples. His nephew and disciple Yajnavalkya was also a well-known sage.

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