वैशम्पायन

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

VAIŚAMPĀYANA   
1) General information.
A prominent disciple of Vyāsa. It is mentioned in [Devī Bhāgavata, Skandha 1] , that the main disciples of Vyāsa were Asita, Devala, Vaiśampāyana, Sumantu, Jaimini, Paila and some others. (See under Bhārata).
2) Other details.
(i) It was Vaiśampāyana who told the story of Bhārata composed by Vyāsa, to King Janamejaya. [M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 1, Stanza 20] .
(ii) Vaiśampāyana told Janamejaya the story of Bhārata at the instruction of Vyāsa. [M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 60, Verse 22] .
(iii) Vaiśampāyana praised Mahābhārata and spoke of its greatness. [M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 62, Stanza 12] .
(iv) Once Vaiśampāyana was overpowered by ignorance, and he killed a Brahmin. It is mentioned in [Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 6, Stanza 36] , that in spite of it he attained heaven.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वैशम्पायन  m.  m. ( patr. fr. विशम्-प) N. of an ancient sage (teacher of the तैत्तिरीय-संहिता [ q.v.]; in epic poetry a pupil of व्यास and also the narrator of the महा-भारत to जनम्-एजय), [GṛS.]; [TĀr.] &c. ( cf. [IW. 371 n. 1])
of an author, [Cat.]
of a son of शुक-नास (transformed into a parrot), [Kād.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वैशम्पायनः [vaiśampāyanḥ]  N. N. of a celebrated pupil of Vyāsa; जनमे- जयेन पृष्टः सन् ब्राह्मणैश्च सहस्रशः । शशास शिष्यमासीनं वैशम्पायन- मन्तिके ॥ Mb. [It was he who made Yājñavalkya 'disgorge the whole of the Yajurveda he had learnt from him which was picked up by his other pupils in the form of Tittiris or partridges; and hence the Veda was called 'Taittirīya'. Vaīśampāyana was celebrated for his great skill in narrating Purāṇas, and is said to have recounted the whole of the Mahābhārata to king Janamejaya].

Shabda-Sagara

वैशम्पायन  m.  ( -नः) A sage, the original teacher of the Yajur-Veda, and narrator of the Mahābhārata to JANAMBJAYA.