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, who was also a well-known sage.

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