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वैशम्पायनvaiśampāyana

वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) is a Sanskrit word meaning an ancient sage, of an author, of a son of Shukanasa who was transformed into a parrot, name of a law-book author, a sage and teacher of the Yajur Veda, the name of a sage. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them The Sage: Veda Teacher & Mahābhārata Narrator, Specific Puranic Accounts of Sage Vaiśampāyana, Character in Kādambarī (Parrot).

Definitions
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Meanings by context

The Sage: Veda Teacher & Mahābhārata Narrator

8 definitions
an ancient sage

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A sage who was the original teacher of the Yajur Veda and narrator of the Mahabharata.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A sage and teacher of the Yajur Veda.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A sage who was the original teacher of the Yajur-Veda and narrator of the Mahabharata.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The name of a sage.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Name of a celebrated sage and teacher of the Black Yajurveda who narrated the Mahabharata. 2. Name of a law-book author.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

A sage and disciple of Vyasa who recited the Mahabharata at the snake sacrifice of Janamejaya.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. A pupil of Vyasa in charge of the Yajur Veda. 2. A sage who divided the Yajur Veda into eighty-six parts and taught them to his pupils.

— The Purana Index

Specific Puranic Accounts of Sage Vaiśampāyana

2 definitions
a sage who was invited for the Rajasuya of Yudhishthira

— The Purana Index

1. The sage who cursed king Janamejaya. 2. Questioned by Shaunaka for light on rituals conducive to realizing one's desires.

— The Purana Index

Character in Kādambarī (Parrot)

1 definition
of a son of Shukanasa who was transformed into a parrot

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Lineage (Gotra) of Vaiśampāyana

1 definition
belonging to the Bhargava gotra

— The Purana Index

Vaiśampāyana as an Author

1 definition
of an author

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 8 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.