The Sage Vyasa (Compiler and Author)

11 definitions

an arranger or compiler, and the name of a celebrated mythical sage and author of the Vedas and Mahabharata

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Separation. 2. A detailed account. 3. A mythical sage who compiled the Vedas, Mahabharata, Puranas, and other works.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A celebrated saint and author, compiler of the Vedas and Puranas, and founder of the Vedanta philosophy. 2. Diffusion or extension. 3. Detail or distinction. 4. A measure. 5. The diameter of a circle.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A celebrated saint, author, and compiler of the Vedas. 2. Diffusion or detail. 3. A measure. 4. A diameter.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Distribution. 2. Distinction or detail. 3. Diffusion, extension, or width. 4. The diameter of a circle. 5. A fault in pronunciation. 6. Arrangement or compilation. 7. The analysis of a compound word. 8. Name of a celebrated sage who authored the Mahabharata. 9. A public reader of the Puranas.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A celebrated saint and author, compiler of the Vedas and Puranas, and founder of Vedanta philosophy. 2. Diffusion or extension. 3. Detail or distinction. 4. A measure. 5. The diameter of a circle. 6. A fault in pronunciation. 7. Arrangement or compilation. 8. The analysis of a compound word. 9. A public reader of the Puranas.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Extension or diffusion. 2. Distinction or detail. 3. A sage who compiled the Vedas and Puranas.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Separation or division. 2. Extension, diffusion, or prolixity. 3. The name of a celebrated sage and author.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Distributing, disposing, or separating into parts. 2. Severing, distinction, or detail. 3. Diffusing, extending, width, breadth, or the diameter of a circle. 4. A particular measure. 5. A fault in pronunciation or a drawl. 6. An arranger or compiler. 7. A celebrated sage and author regarded as the original arranger of the Vedas. 8. A Brahman who publicly recites or expounds the Puranas.

व्यास (vyāsa) [Printed book page 0978-a]
Vy-āsa, as, m. distributing or disposing in dif-

ferent directions, distribution or separation into parts,

(in Atharva-veda Prātiśākhya III. 68. said to mean

‘the disjoined or Pada text’); severing; severalty,

distinction, detail; diffusing, extending; diffusion,

extension, width, breadth, the breadth or diameter

of a circle; a particular measure; a fault in pronun-

ciation, a kind of drawl [cf. pīḍana, vi-hāra]; dis-

posing in order, arranging, an arranger, compiler;

N. of a celebrated sage and author (often called Veda-

vyāsa and regarded as the original arranger of the

Vedas &c. and founder of the Vedānta philosophy

[see vedānta]; he was the son of the sage Parāśara

and Satyavatī, who afterwards, as the wife of Śāntanu,

gave birth to Vicitra-vīrya and Bhīṣma; he was

therefore half-brother of these latter; Parāśara met

Satyavatī, when quite a girl, as he was crossing the

river Jumnā; their child Vyāsa was called Kṛṣṇa

from his dark complexion, and Dvaipāyana because

he was brought forth by Satyavatī on a Dvīpa or

island in the Jumnā; when grown up he retired to

the wilderness to lead the life of a hermit, but at

his mother's request returned to become the husband

of Vicitra-vīrya's two childless widows, by whom he

was the father of the blind Dhṛta-rāṣṭra and of

Pāṇḍu; he was also the father of Vidura by a slave

girl [see vidura, p. 918] and of Śuka, the supposed

narrator of the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa: the Viṣṇu-Pu-

rāṇa III. 3. enumerates twenty-eight Vyāsas or

arrangers of the Vedas in the twenty-eight Dvāpara

ages of the Vaivasvata Manv-antara; the first Vyāsa

is said to have been Svayam-bhū or Brahmā himself,

and the twenty-eighth was Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana: the

name Vyāsa seems to have been given to any great

compiler or author, and this title is conferred not

only on the arranger of the Vedas and the Purāṇas,

but also on the compiler of the Mahā-bhārata, the

Brahma-sūtra of the Vedānta philosophy, a Dharma-

śāstra, the Yoga-sūtra-bhāṣya, the Vakra-tuṇḍa-

stotra, the Vakra-tuṇḍāṣṭaka hymns, and the Śiva-

dhanur-veda: the following are synonyms for Vyāsa,

Vādarāyaṇa or Bādarāyaṇa, Dvaipāyana, Kṛṣṇa-

dvaipāyana, Pārāśari, Māṭhara, Kānīna, Sātyavata,

Satya-bhārata, Satya-rata); a Brāhman who recites

or expounds the Purāṇas &c. in public (= pāṭhaka-

brāhmaṇa). —Vyāsa-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a place;
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(as), m., N. of a commentator. —Vyāsa-tva, am, n.

the state or title of a compiler. —Vyāsa-dāsa, as,

m., N. of a chief of the Vaikhānasa sect. —Vyāsa-

deva, as, m. the divine sage Vyāsa. —Vyāsa-pūjā,

f. honour paid to an expounder of the Purāṇas.

—Vyāsa-bhāṣya-vyākhyā, f., N. of a commentary

by Vācas-pati. —Vyāsa-mātṛ, tā, f. ‘mother of

Vyāsa,’ epithet of Satyavatī. —Vyāsa-vana, am, n.,

N. of a sacred forest. —Vyāsa-śuka-saṃvāda, as,

m. ‘dialogue between Vyāsa and Śuka,’ N. of a

philosophical discourse on the vanity of everything

except religion (said to be extracted from the Mahā-

bhārata). —Vyāsa-sūtra, am, n., N. of a work.

—Vyāsa-smṛti, is, f., N. of a law-book. —Vyā-

sāṣṭaka (°sa-aṣ°), N. of a hymn. —Vyāsāsana

(°sa-ās°), am, n. the seat of an expounder of the

Purāṇas. —Vyāseśvara-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a

chapter of the Śiva-Purāṇa. [ID=45542]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

a sage, the supposed compiler of the Mahabharata, son of Parashara and Satyavati, and arranger of the Vedas

व्यास (vyāsa) [Printed book page 758-1]
Vyāsa, a ṛṣi, the supposed compiler of Mhbhr., son of

Parāśara and Satyavatī, father of Śuka, and, with the wives

of Vicitravīrya, of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and Vidura; his

proper name is Kṛṣṇa (K.), and on account of his being born

on an island (dvīpa) he is called Dvaipāyana (D.) and Kṛṣṇa-

Dvaipāyana (K.-D.); he arranged the Vedas (therefore called

Vyāsa and Vedavyāsa): § 1 (Anukram.): I, 1, [10 (Kṛṣṇa-

Dvaipāyanaproktāḥ…kathāḥ), 17 (Dvaipāyanena yat

proktaṃ Purāṇaṃ paramarṣiṇā, i.e. the Mhbhr.), 20 (D.)],

21 (°sya…saṃhitāṃ, i.e. the Mhbhr.).—§ 2 (do.): I, 1,

25 (mataṃ…V°sya).—§ 4 (do.): I, 1, [54 (vyasya Vedaṃ

sanātanaṃ / itihāsam imaṃ cakre puṇyaṃ Satyavatīsutaḥ, sc.

the Mhbhr.), 55 (Parāśarātmajaḥ, D.), 56 (ṛṣeḥ, D.), 59

(Vāsaveyaḥ), 60 (K.)], 75 (Satyavatīsutaḥ), 76 (Vedavyāsaḥ),

79, [80 (muniḥ, D.)], 83 (Gaṇeśa wrote the Mhbhr. after

V.'s dictation), [94 (K.-D., all to § 171), 99 (D., all to § 70),

103 (D., taught his disciples and his son Śuka the Mhbhr.)],

107 (Vaiśampāyanaḥ…śiṣyo V°sya), [†213 (D.)].—[§ 5

(do.): I, 1, 221 (D.)].—§ 7 (do.): I, 1, 246 (atropaniṣadaṃ

puṇyāṃ Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipayano 'bravīt)].—§ 10 (Parvasaṅgr.):

I, 2, 358 (etat parvaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ V°enoktaṃ).—§ 11 (do.):

I, 2, [368 (D.), 376 (K.-D.)], 382, 384, 405, 423, 431, 432,

519, 528, 538, [541 (Pārāśāryeṇa), 577 (D.)], 590 (para-

marṣiṇā), 592, [614 (ṛṣeḥ, K.)], 627, 640 (etad aṣṭādaśam

parva proktaṃ V°ena), 646, [655 (D.)].—§ 26 (Āstīkap.,

Jaratkāru): I, 13, [1025 (Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyanaproktaṃ, sc.

the Āstīkaparvan)]; 1026 (śiṣyo V°sya, sc. Lomaharṣaṇa).

—§ 59 (Sarpasattra); I, 53, 2047 (putraśiṣyasahāyavān,

among the sadasyas at the snake-sacrifice of Janamejaya).—

[§ 61 (do.): I, 55, †2103 (Kṛṣṇasya…Satyavatyāḥ

sutasya, performed a sacrifice), †2105 (ṛtvik samo nāsti…

Dvaipāyanena)].—§ 70 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇap.): I, 59, 2199

(kathā V°sampannāḥ), 2202 (akathayac citram ākhyānaṃ

Bhārataṃ), [2203 (K.-D.), 2206 (Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyanamataṃ

Mahābhārataṃ)]; 60, [2208 (K.-D.), 2220 (K.)], 2221,

[2227 (K.-D.)], (2228) (at the snake-sacrifice of Janamejaya

V. caused his disciple Vaiśampāyana to recite the Mhbhr.).—

§ 71 (do.): I, 61, 2232 (mataṃ…V°sya).—§ 72 (do.):

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I, 62, [2294 (anukramaḥ…Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyaneritaḥ)],

2295 (mataṃ…V°sya), [2296 (Satyavatyātmajena)],

2305, [2309 (K.-D.), 2322 (K.-D.), 2324 (Kṛṣṇaproktāṃ

…kathāṃ, i.e. the Mhbhr.), 2332 (muniḥ, K.-D.)].—§ 77

(cf. Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇa): When Satyavatī plied her boat on

the Yamunā, the ṛṣi Parāśara, engaged in a tīrthayātrā,

enveloped the whole region and obtained her love by

promising that she should nevertheless retain her virginity,

and causing her to emit a sweet scent to the distance of a

yojana, whence she was named Gandhavatī or Yojanagandhā.

On that very day she brought forth Kṛṣṇa, surnamed

Dvaipāyana, because he was born on an island (dvīpa) in the

Yamunā, and Vyāsa because he arranged (vivyāsa) the Vedas.

He set his mind on ascetism and went away, saying to his

mother: “as soon as remembered by thee I shall appear”:

I, 63, [2414 (Pārāśaryaḥ), 2415 (D.), 2416 (etymology, D.)],

2417 (etymology).—§ 78 (do.): V. taught Sumantu, Jaimini,

Paila, his own son Śuka, and Vaiśampāyana the Vedas, of

which the Mhbhr. was the fifth one, and the texts of the

Bhārata were published by each of them separately.—

[§ 83 (Ādivaṃśāvataraṇa): I, 63, 2441 (K.-D.), 2442 (D.)

(begot Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and Vidura, cf. § 171)].—

[§ 130c (Dhṛtarāṣṭra): I, 67, 2719 (Dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ Kṛṣṇa-

Dvaipāyanātmajaḥ)].—§ 133 (Duṣyanta): I, 70, 2888

(°granthasamāśritaiḥ, sc. dvijaiḥ).—[§ 156 (Pūruvaṃś.): I,

95, 3759 (D.), ††3802 (D., son of Satyavatī and Parāśara)].

—[§ 157 (do.): I, 95, ††3806 (D., ṛṣiṃ, cf. § 171), ††3809

D., cf. § 180)].—§ 160 (do.): I, 95, ††3841 (Bhārataṃ

…V°ena proktaṃ).—§ 171 (Vicitravīryasutotpatti): I,

105, [4235 (Pārāśaryaḥ, D.)], 4236 (°tvaṃ, origin of the

name; K., origin of the name), [4244 (K.-D.)], 4247,

(4258), (4265); 106, 4281 (Satyavatīsutaḥ), 4290 (Satyavatī-

putraḥ), [4301 (Viduraḥ Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyanātmajaḥ), 4302

(K.-D.), 4304 (D.)] (Satyavatī thought of V., who imme-

diately appeared, and at her injunction begot Dhṛtarāṣṭra

and Pāṇḍu on the wives of Vicitravīrya and Vidura on a

śūdra woman).—[§ 174 (Dhṛtarāṣṭravivāha): I, 110, 4365

(K.)].—§ 180 (Gāndhārīputrotpatti): I, 115, 4489 (Dvaipā-

yanaṃ), [4495 (D.)], (4499), 4505 (V. granted Gāndhārī

that she should get 100 sons and a daughter).—§ 181 (Duḥśa-

lotpatti): I, 116, 4525, [4536 (K.-D.)], (4537) (do.).—

[§ 184 (Pāṇḍu): I, 119, 4595 (K.-D.), all. to § 171)].—

[§ 188 (do.): I, 122, 4738 (do., do.)].—§ 196 (cf. Sam-

bhavap.): After the śrāddha of Pāṇḍu was over, V., fore-

boding the destruction of the Kauravas, prevailed upon

Satyavatī, that she, with Ambikā and Kausalyā (i.e. Ambālikā)

retired to the forest to practise yoga. There they practised

severe austerities, and at last died: I, 128, 4968.—§ 208

(Astradarśana): I, 134, 5313.—§ 214 (Hiḍimbavadhap.):

I, 156, [6088 (K.-D.)], (6089), 6094 (Satyavatīsutaḥ),

(6095), [6100 (D.)], 6102 (ṛṣiḥ, V. told the Pāṇḍavas and

Kuntī to go to Ekacakra).—§ 215 (Bakavadhap.): I, 162,

6266 (provāca, a statement of his quoted).—§ 220 (Caitra-

rathap.): I, 169, 6421 (Satyavatīsutaḥ), (6426) (having

narrated the story of a former birth of Draupadī, V. told the

Pāṇḍavas to go to her svayaṃvara).—§ 221 (do.): I, 170,

6437 (gate).—§ 221b (Gaṅgā): I, 170, 6457 (abravīt, a

statement of his about the Gaṅgā is quoted).—[§ 231

(Svayaṃvarap.): I, 185, 6946 (muniṃ, D.)].—§ 235

(Svayaṃvarap.): I, 190, 7128 (mataṃ…V°syāpi, all.

to § 220); [191, 7145 (Dvaipāyanavacaḥ, do.)].—§ 237

(Vaivāhikap.): I, [195, 7251 (D.)]; 196, [7252 (K.),

7254 (K.)], (7257), (7270), 7272 (Dvaipāyanaḥ), [7274

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(D.)] (was questioned by Drupada about the wedding of

Draupadī to the five Pāṇḍavas).—§ 238 (Pañcendrop.):

I, 197, (7275), (7283), (†7289), (†7303), †7313 (told the

Pañcendropākhyāna).—§ 239 (do.): I, 197, (7319), (told of

a former birth of Draupadī).—[§ 244 (Rājyalābhap.): I,

207, 7573 (Dvaipayanapurogamāḥ, sc. mahārathāḥ, i.e. the

Pāṇḍavas)].—§ 261 (Sabhākriyāp.): II, 1, (introductory

śloka).—§ 264 (Sabhākriyap.): II, 4α, 106 (K.-D.;

Vyāsaśiṣyāḥ (enumerated)).—[§ 272 (Rājasūyārambhap.):

II, 13, 542 (mantribhiḥ…Dhaumya-Dvaipāyanādyaiḥ)].—

[§ 286 (Rājasūyikap.): II, 33, 1220 (Dhaumya-Dvaipāyana-

mukhair ṛtvigbhiḥ), 1237 (D.), 1238 (Satyavatīsutaḥ, acted as

brahman priest at the rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira)].—[§ 289

(Arghāharaṇap.): II, 37, 1346 (D.)].—§ 293 (Dyūtap.):

II, 46, 1628, 1631, [1633 (K.)], 1637 (K.-D.), 1646 (do.),

[1649 (D.), 1653 (D.)] (V. foretold the destruction that

would happen after thirteen years).—§ 296 (do.): II, 53,

1917 (present at the anointing of Yudhiṣṭhira).—[§ 305

(Anudyūtap.): II, 78, 2573 (D., K. had instructed

Yudhiṣṭhira in Vāraṇāvata)].—§ 308 (Āraṇyakap.): III, 1

(introductory śloka).—§ 313 (do.): III, [7, 309 (K.-D.)

(warned Duryodhana, etc.)]; 8, (311) (warned Dhṛtarāṣṭra).

—§ 314 (do.): III, 9, (326), (339) (narrated the discourse

between Indra and Surabhi).—§ 315 (Maitreyaśāpa): III,

10, (349), 352 (took his leave).—§ 317b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva):

III, 12, 476 (abravīt, a statement of his about Kṛṣṇa is

quoted).—§ 317 (Arjunābhigamanap.): III, 12, 572 (all. to

§ 214).—[§ 322 (Dvaitavanapr.): III, 24, 924 (brāhmaṇāḥ

…Dvaipāyanaprabhṛtayaḥ, wait upon Yudhiṣṭhira)].—

[§ 324 (do.): III, 26α, 985 (D. worshipped Yudhiṣṭhira)].

—§ 327 (Draupadīparitāpav.): III, 29, 1112 (pitāmahaṇ);

31, 1171.—§ 329 (Kāmyakavanapr.): III, 36, 1432

(Satyavatīsutaḥ), (1434), [1438 (Pārāśaryaḥ)], 1449 (Satya-

vatīsutaḥ), 1451 (°vākyaṃ) (V. imparted the Pratismṛti

knowledge to Yudhiṣṭhira).—[§ 330 (Indradarśana): III,

37, 1465 (K.-D., all. to § 329)].—[§ 340 (Indralokābhiga-

manap.): III, 48, 1915 (D. had told Dhṛtarāṣṭra of

Arjuna's arrival to the abode of Indra)].—§ 364 (Tīrtha-

yātrāp.): III, 83, 6062 (had mingled all the tīrthas into

Miśraka), 6066 (in Vyāsasthalī, V., from grief for his son,

had resolved to give up life, but the gods revived him).—

§ 367 (Pṛthūdaka): III, 83, 7017 (had praised the tīrtha

Pṛthūdaka).—§ 376 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 85, 8264 (tapatāṃ

varaḥ, among the ṛṣis who expected Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 377

(Dhaumyatīrthak.): III, 86, 8279 (knew the real nature of

Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna).—§ 378 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 93, 8475,

[8482 (D.)] (came to the Pāṇḍavas in the Kāmyaka forest).—

§ 519 (Vrīhidrauṇikap.): III, 259, 15377 (Satyavatīsutaḥ,

came to the Pāṇḍavas in the forest), 15380 (15397).—§ 520

(Mudgala): III, 260, (15407); 261, (15477), 15491 (told

the story of Mudgala to Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 561 (Yāna-

sandhip.): V, 51, 2038 (śrutaḥ…V°mukhāt, sc. Bhīma-

sena); 61, 2385 (Dvaipāyanaḥ, a statement of his is quoted);

67, 2520, [2521 (abravit, K.-D.)], (†2522) (caused Sañjaya

to tell Dhṛtarāṣṭra of the might of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna);

69, (2549) (warned Dhṛtarāṣṭra).—§ 569 (Bhagava-

dyānap.): V, 147, 4994 (mahāmuniṃ, all. to § 171).—§ 573

(Ambopākhyānap.): V, 186, 7344 (consulted by Bhīṣma).

—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 2, 36 (Satyavatīsutaḥ), (39), 43

(only B.) (gave celestial vision to Sañjaya); 3, (68) (described

the omens), (131), (†133); 4, 155, 162 (viprarṣeḥ).—§ 576

(Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, [15, 594 (Pārāśaryāya, all. to § 574)];

17, 636 (yathā…V°ḥ Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyano 'bravīt); 23,

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817 (all. to § 574), [819 (D., had prevented Duryodhana)];

34, 1217 (knew Kṛṣṇa as the supreme Lord), 1241 (munīnām

apy ahaṃ V°aḥ, sc. asmi, says Kṛṣṇa); 42, 1529 (°prasādāt

all. to § 574).—§ 578 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 49, 1995.—

§ 581 (do.): VI, 66ο, 2999 (Bhīṣma had heard of the glory

of Kṛṣṇa from V.); [67ρ, 3040 (D. praised Kṛṣṇa)].—

[§ 588 (do.): VI, 122, 5827 (K.-D., had told Bhīṣma that

Karṇa was the son of Kuntī)].—§ 594 (Abhimanyuvadhap.):

VII, 52, [2003 (K.-D., came to console Yudhiṣṭhira)],

2010, (2011), (2023); 54, (2125) (told the story of

Akampana to Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 595 (do.): VI, 55, (2138)

(told the story of Sṛñjaya to Yudhiṣṭhira): 71, (2451),

(2459), 2474 (comforted Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 599 (Jayadratha-

vadhap.): VII, 149, 6474 (only B.).—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkaca-

vadhap.): VII, 183, 8351, (8352), 8361 (comforted Yudhi-

ṣṭhira).—§ 601 (Droṇavadhap.): VII, 184, 8362.—[§ 602

(do.): VII, 192, 8881 (ṛṣeḥ prasādāt Kṛṣṇasya Satyavatyāḥ

sutasya, all. to § 574)].—§ 603 (Nārāyaṇāstramokṣap.):

VII, 201, 9438 (Vedavyāsaṃ), (9446), (9471) (discoursed on

Nārāyaṇa to Aśvatthāman); 202, 9496, (9502), (9591),

[9645 (Parāśarasutaḥ)] (discoursed on Śiva to Arjuna).—

[§ 608 (Karṇap.): VIII, 96αω¹, 5010 (K.-D., had several

times told that Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa are Nara and Nārāyaṇa)].

—[§ 612 (Hradapraveśap.): IX, 29, 1605 (K.-D.), 1606

(D.), 1612 (D.), 1615 (K.-D.) (caused Sātyaki to set Sañjaya

free)].—[§ 615ee (Ādityatīrtha): IX, 49, 2848 (D.), 2851

(D., bathed in the Ādityatīrtha)].—§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.):

IX, 62, [3491 (K.-D., a statement of his about Kṛṣṇa

quoted)], 3499 (only B.); 63, [3531 (K.), 3538 (K.), 3574

(D.)], 3579.—§ 617 (Aiṣīkap.): X, 13, 661 (K.-D.); 15,

[698 (D.)], (705), (720), [721 (D.)]; 16, (739), [743 (K.)]

(permitted Aśvatthāman to let his aiśika weapon fall on the

embryos of the Pāṇḍavas).—§ 618 (Jalapradānikap.): XI,

1β, [14 (K.-D.)], 31; 8ε, [194 (K.-D.), 204 (K.-D.)],

(205), 242, 245 (Satyavatīsutaḥ) (comforted Dhṛtarāṣṭra);

9, 246 (gate); [14, 362 (Satyavatīputraḥ, appeased

Gāndhārī)].—§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 16, [429 (K. gave

spiritual sight to Gāndhārī)], 435.—[§ 621 (Rājadh.): XII,

1β, 4 (D. came to the Pāṇḍavas), 9 (munibhiḥ…Kṛṣṇa-

Dvaipāyanādibhiḥ)].—§ 628 (do.): XII, 23, [651 (D.)],

(652), (668), (685), (695) (instructed Yudhiṣṭhira); [24,

698 (K.-D.)] (do.).—§ 629 (do.): XII, 25, 732 (Dvaipā-

yanavacaḥ), 735 (yogavidāṃ varaḥ), (†736) (instructed Yudhi-

ṣṭhira).—§ 630 (do.): XII, 27, 826 (munisattamaḥ), (827)

(instructed Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 631 (do.): XII, 28, 833,

(834) (related the discourse delivered by Aśman to Janaka).

—§ 634 (Rājadh.): XII, 31, 1133 (yathā…prāha V°ḥ).

—§ 635 (Hājadh.): XII, 32, [1135 (K.-D.)], (1136),

(1146); 33, [1172 (D.)], (1173); 34, (1209); 35, (1241);

36, (1293) (instructed Yudhiṣṭhira); 37, 1348 (vedavidāṃ

varaḥ, told Yudhiṣṭhira to consult Bhīṣma), 1360 (Satya-

valīsutaṃ), 1364, 1367, (γ), [1370 (D.)].—§ 637 (do.): XII,

47η, 1592 (vedaviduṣā, among the ṛṣis who surrounded

Bhīṣma).—§ 639 (do.): XII, 50, 1815 (°ādīn ṛṣimukhyān);

52, 1883 (°sahitāḥ…maharṣayaḥ).—§ 640 (do.): XII,

58γ, 2116.—§ 641 (do.): XII, 59, 2124 (°ādīn ṛṣīn).—

[§ 664 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 207β, 7520 (K.-D. had praised

Kṛṣṇa)].—§ 677 (do.): XII, 232, 8483, 8485 (Kṛṣṇa-

Dvaipāyaṇaṃ), (8488); 233, (8510); 234, (8555); 235,

(8575); 236, (8613); 237, (8645); 238, (8688), (8690);

239, (8713); 240, (8738); 241, (8768); [242, 8806

(Parāśarasutaḥ)]; 243, (8828), (8836); 244, (8854);

245, (8887); 246, (8916); 247, (8951); 248, (8975);

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(8981); 249, (8999); 250, (9024); 251, (9039); 252,

(†9064); 253, (9088); 254, (9101); 255, (9116); [256,

9131 (D.)] (instructed his son Śuka).—§ 696b (Dakṣaprokta-

Śivasahasranāmastotra): XII, 285, 10484 (Parāśarasutaḥ,

explained the effect of reciting the 1000 names of Śiva).—

§ 710 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 322, (12047), [12137 (D.)]

(instructed Śuka).—§ 712 (Śukotpatti): XII, 324, 12158

(father of Śuka), 12159 [12169 (K.-D.), 12182 (K.), 12184

(D.)]; 325, [12187 (Satyavatīsutaḥ)], 12189, 12190, 12192

(V. gratified Śiva, who granted him that he should get a son;

when V. one day saw Ghṛtācī his seed came out and fell on.

his fire-stick (araṇi), from that arose Śuka Āraṇeya).—§ 713

(Śukakṛti): XII, 326, 12219 (told Śuka to go to Janaka).

—§ 714 (Śukakṛtya): XII, 328, 12337 (enumeration of

his four disciples: Sumantu, etc.), 12338, 12340, 12344

(Pārāśaryo mahāmuniḥ), 12346, 12353 (Parāśarātmajaḥ);

329, 12365 (°śiṣyāḥ), [12369 (Parāśarasutaḥ)], 12371,

12374, [12380 (K.-D.)], 12386, 12389, 12391, [12421

(Parāśarasutaḥ)] (V. instructed his disciples and Śuka).—

§ 716 (Śukābhipatana): XII, [332, 12573 (K.-D., K.)];

333, 12577 (suto V°sya, i.e. Śuka); 334, 12627, [12640

(K.-D.)], 12648 (mahāyogī) (V. grieved for his son Śuka and

was comforted by Śiva).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, [340,

13000 (K.-D., preceptor of Vaiśampāyana, etc.)]; 341,

13011 (śiṣyo V°sya, i.e. Vaiśampāyana), 13025 (Kṛṣṇa-

Dvaipāyano V°o Vedavyāsaḥ), 13030 (Parāśarasutaḥ), (13097),

(13100), [13119 (Vedavyāsena), 13121 (D.)] (instructed his

disciples and Śuka about Nārāyaṇa (Viṣṇu)); 342, 13129;

344, 13312 (Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyanaṃ), 13333; 347, [13434

(Gandhavatīsutaḥ)], 13438 (Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyanaṃ, incarnation

of Nārāyaṇa); 348, 13457; 349, 13610 (gurur mama, sc.

Vaiśampāyana's), 13634 (learnt from Nārada the ekāntagati,

i.e. the religion of Nārāyaṇa and taught it to Yudhiṣṭhira);

350, [†13640 (Nārāyaṇasyāṃśajaṃ…Dvaipāyanaṃ)],

†13641 (ajaṃ purāṇaṃ), [13643 (Parāśarasya dāyadaḥ

Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyanaḥ)], 13644, (13652), 13701 (V. was an

incarnation of a portion of Nārāyaṇa, which was formerly

born as Apāntaratamas); 351, 13716, 13719 (discoursed on

the unity of the puruṣas).—[§ 725 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII,

9, 421 (K.)].—[§ 730 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 14, 608

(Dvaipāyanaprabhṛtayaḥ…ṛṣayaḥ), (δ), 680 (Vedavyāsaś

ca…Parāśarasutaḥ); 18, 1296 (K.-D. had recited the

1000 names of Śiva, when he performed austerities in order

to get a son), (κκ), 1337 (Vedavyāsaḥ, son of Parāśara), 1338

(K. will become a saptarṣi in the creation of Manu

Sāvarṇa)].—§ 732 (do.): XIII, 24, 1677 (instructed

Bhīṣma), [1679 (Parāśara-śarīrajaḥ)].—§ 734 (do.): XIII,

26α, 1762 (among those who came to see Bhīṣma).—§ 746

(do.): XIII, 81, [3808 (K.-D.)], 3812, (3814) (instructed

Śuka).—§ 762b (Kīṭop.): XIII, 117, [5728 (Dvaipāyanasya

saṃvādaṃ kīṭasya ca), 5729 (K.-D.)], (5731); 118, (5752),

(5771); 119, [5778 (K.-D.)], (5779), [5784 (K.-D.)],

(5785), 5791 (the story of V. and the worm).—§ 763b

(Maitreyabhikṣā): XIII, 120, [5794 (Maitreyasya ca

saṃvādaṃ Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyanasya ca), 5795 (K.-D.), 5797

(K.), 5798 (K.)], (5802), 5823 (the story of Maitreya's

feeding V.; V.'s discourse on gifts).—§ 766 (Ānuśāsanik.):

XIII, 125, 5922 (yathā…V°ḥ purā kathitavān); 134,

6196 (had communicated to Bhīṣma the mysteries of dharma

(chapters 125—134)).—§ 768 (do.): XIII, [139α, 6298

(K.-D.)]; 148, 6912, 6925 (Bhīṣma had heard from V. of

the glory of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna).—§ 769 (do.): XIII, 149,

[6949 (Vedavyāsaḥ)], 7077 (stavaṃ bhagavato Viṣṇor V°ena

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kīrtitaṃ, i.e. the 1000 names of Viṣṇu).—§ 770 (do.):

XIII, 151, 7082 (°proktaṃ mantraṃ, i.e. vv. 7088—89), (κ),

7121.—[§ 775 (do.): XIII, 166α, 7639 (K.-D.)].—§ 776

(do.): XIII, 167, 7693 (Satyavatīsutaḥ), 7696.—§ 777

(Svargārohaṇik. p.): XIII, 168, 7718 (Pārāśaryena), [7721

(Dvaipāyanādīn viprān), 7737 (śrutaṃ devarahasyan te Kṛṣṇa-

Dvaipāyanād api)], 7750 (had told that Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna

are Nara and Nārāyaṇa); 169, 7762, 7764, (β), 7778, 7795.

—§ 778 (Aśvamedhikap.): XIV, 2, [24 (K.-D.)], 33; 3,

(41), [59 (K.-D.)], (60), (63) (told Yudhiṣṭhira to perform

an aśvamedha with the gold left by Marutta); [4, 64 (D.)].

—§ 778b (Saṃvartta-Maruttīya): XIV, 4, (65); 5, (94);

6, (120), (129), (136), (146); 7, (158); 9, (†228), (†238);

10, (†258), (†264), (†281) (V. told the Saṃvartta-Maruttīya

to Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 779 (Aśvamedhikap.): XIV, 11, 293.

—§ 780 (do.): XIV, 14β, [355 (D.-K.)], 360.—[§ 783

(Anugītāp.): XIV, 52α, 1492 (K.-D., Arjuna had heard of

the glory of Kṛṣṇa from V.)].—§ 785 (do.): XIV, 62,

1859, 1862, 1869, 1870; 63, 1871 [1873 (D.), 1875 (K.)],

1876 (guruṇā), 1879, 1882; 65, 1923 (C. has by error Vā°),

[1934 (D.)] (at the injunction of V. Yudhiṣṭhira fetched

the gold of Marutta); 70, 2064 (Satyavatīsutaḥ); 71, 2067,

(2070), [2073 (K.-D.)]; 72, 2083, (2085), 2091 (Kṛṣṇa-

Dvaipāyanāya); 73, 2112 (initiated Yudhiṣṭhira for the

horse-sacrifice and let the sacrificial horse loose); 88, [2613

(Satyavatyātmajaḥ)], 2619, 2640 (°śiṣyāḥ); 89, 2650

(saśiṣyaḥ), 2651 (Satyavatīsutaḥ), [2659 (D.-K.)], 2662

[2664 (K.-D.)], 2671 (completion of the sacrifice).—§ 787

(Āśramavāsap.): XV, 1, 14 (purāṇarṣiḥ); 3, 80, 147

(Satyavatīputraḥ); 4, (148), 153, 166, 167 (asked Yudhi-

ṣṭhira to permit Dhṛtarāṣṭra to go to the forest); 8, 264

(κ), 275; [10, 305 (K.-D.), 318 (Satyavatīsutaḥ)]; 19, 530

(°āśramaṃ), 532; [20ββ, 539 (D.), (γγ), 552 (Dvaipāyana-

prasādāt)].—§ 788 (do.): XV, 26, 705 (yogadharmaṃ (°ā,

C.) …V°ena kathitaṃ); 27, 736, 738, 739, [740 (D.)];

28, 741 (Satyavatīputraḥ) (V. told Dhṛtarāṣṭra of Vidura's

being born from Dharma).—§ 789 (Putradarśanap.): XV,

29, 768, 772, 773, 780, 787, 815, 816; 30, 838 (vedavidāṃ

varaḥ); 31, (843), 862 (explained the different incarnations

of gods, etc., as actors in the battle); 32, 868, 871, [884

(Satyavatīputraḥ)] (summoned by V. the fallen warriors arose

from the Gaṅgā); 33, 913.—§ 790 (do.): XV, 35, 941,

942, 944, [950 (D.)] (showed to Janamejaya his father

Parikṣit, etc.).—§ 791 (do.): XV, 36, [961 (Satyavatī-

putraḥ)], 969, 975.—§ 793 (Mausalap.): XVI, 7, 253

(Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyanaṃ); 8, [254 (Satyavatīsutaṃ), 256

(Satyavatīsutaḥ)], 257, (279), 291 (V. comforted Arjuna).—

[§ 794 (Mahāprasthānikap.): XVII, 1, 12 (D.)].—§ 795

(Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 1, 2 (maharṣiṇā); 5, 154, [157

(Pārāśaryaḥ)], 182, [183 (Kṛṣṇena muninā…nirmitaṃ,

sc. the Mhbhr.)].—§ 795c (Mahābhārata): XVIII, 5,

[192/93 (K.-D., only B.), 196 (K.-D.)], 200, [211 (D.)].

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

An incarnation of Vishnu, also known as Dvaipayana and Krishna, son of Parashara and Satyavati, who rearranged the Vedas and Puranas, composed the Mahabharata and Bhagavata, and fathered Dhritarashtra, Pandu, Vidura, and Shuka.

व्यास (vyāsa) [Printed book page 3-349]
Vyāsa (I) — an amśāvatāra of Viṣṇu; also known as Dvai-

pāyana and Kṛṣṇa; son of Parāśara and Vāsavī (Satyavatī)

in Dvāpara yuga. Father of Śuka; appointed by his mother,

he begot three sons on his brother's wife being childless-

Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu and Vidura.¹ Rearranged the Vedas

into four parts, and taught each of them to four respective

pupils — Paila, Vaiśampāyana, Jaimini and Sumantu. Re-

arranged Itihāsa-Purāṇas also; composed the Bhārata for

Strīśūdra-dvijabandhus; composed also the Bhāgavata and

taught it to his son Śuka, having heard it from Nārada.²

When he felt a mental dissatisfaction, Nārada met him and

was praised. Asked as to the reason for his uneasiness,

Nārada emphasised devotion to Hari as the means of release

and proceeded to narrate the story of his previous birth.

When the sage left Vyāsa retired to his hermitage Śamyā-

prāsa on the Sarasvatī and meditated on the Lord who

appeared before him with māyā depending on him. Learnt
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devotion as the means of ending samsāra.³ One of Yudhiṣ-

ṭhira's party on a visit to Bhīṣma; was a Purohita at Kṛṣṇa's

sacrifice at Kurukṣetra; told the history of Citraketu to Śuka

who bowed to him.⁴ Heard Śrutigītā from Nārāyaṇa. Faith in

Kriyāyoga; a siddha.⁵ Taught Lomaharṣaṇa about the future

of the world and its history.⁶ An incarnation of the Lord in

every dvāpara;⁷ took a vow of silence and fasting for 12 years

after which he wandered for food but could not get any in

Benares; when he was about to curse the city, Śiva and Umā

took the guise of householders and offered him rich food. So

he blessed it.⁸ A tīrtha in his honour.⁹
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. I. 2. 4; 4. 14-15; IX. 22. 22-25; XII. 6. 36; III. 5. 19-20;

M. 15. 8; 180. 64; Br. III. 10. 79-80; 13. 77.]

[Footnote: 2) Bhā. XII. 6. 49-53;

I. 4. 16-25; 7. 1-8; II. 9. 44; III. 5. 10 and 12; XII. 4. 42; 13. 19;

Br. I. 1. 25; II. 31. 28; 33. 32-3; 34. 11-12; III. 17. 295.]

[Footnote: 3) Bhā. I. 4.

30-33; chh. 5 and 6 (whole); 7. 1-4;]

[Footnote: 4) Ib. I. 8. 46; 9. 2; X. 90. 46[2];

VI. 14. 9; VII. 1. 5.]

[Footnote: 5) Ib. X. 87. 47-8; XI. 27. 2; VI. 15. 12.]

[Footnote: 6) M. 50.

72.]

[Footnote: 7) Ib. 53. 9.]

[Footnote: 8) Ib. 185. 17-38.]

[Footnote: 9) Ib. 191. 41; 203. 14.]
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— The Purana Index

Geographical Locations Named After Vyasa

2 definitions

1. A sacred bathing place near the Drishadvati river. 2. A sacred bathing place on the Narmada river dedicated to Vyasa.

— The Purana Index

the sacred lake near Shiva lake

— The Purana Index

Referential or Meta-Definitions

2 definitions

See page 1035, column 2.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See page 978

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

A Specific Type of Bow

1 definition

a bow weighing one hundred palas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Epithet for Deities (Shiva, Vishnu)

1 definition

1. Shiva. 2. Vishnu.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Extension, Diffusion, or Detailed Account

1 definition

1. Extension, diffusion, or prolixity. 2. A detailed account.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Fault in Pronunciation

1 definition

a kind of drawl as a pronunciation fault

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Other Sages Named Vyasa

1 definition

a sage of the eighth manvantara

— The Purana Index

Public Reciter or Expounder of Sacred Texts

1 definition

a Brahman who publicly recites or expounds the Puranas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Separation or Division

1 definition

severing, separation, division

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Textual Analysis or Disjoined Recitation

1 definition

distributing or disjoining

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Width, Breadth, or Diameter

1 definition

Width, breadth, or the diameter of a circle

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

व्यासvyāsa

Meanings by context

The Sage Vyasa (Compiler and Author)

Geographical Locations Named After Vyasa

Referential or Meta-Definitions

A Specific Type of Bow

Epithet for Deities (Shiva, Vishnu)

Extension, Diffusion, or Detailed Account

Fault in Pronunciation

Other Sages Named Vyasa

Public Reciter or Expounder of Sacred Texts

Separation or Division

Textual Analysis or Disjoined Recitation

Width, Breadth, or Diameter

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