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वैशंपायन (vaizaMpAyana)

 
Capeller Eng
English
वैशंपायन
m.
N.
 of an ancient Ṛṣi etc.
Macdonell
English
वैशंपायन vaiśaṃpāyana,
m.
 pat. (fr. viśaṃpa) 🞄N. of an ancient Vedic teacher (a pupil 🞄of Vyāsa in E.)
N. of a son of Śukanāsa, 🞄transformed into a parrot.
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
वैशंपायन
C. on the Sabhāparvan of the Mahābhārata. He
quotes Devasvāmin. Burnell 184^a. He is
mentioned by Arjunamiśra W. p. 104.
पुराणम्
English
वैशम्पायन / 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.
Vedic Reference
English
Vaiśaṃpāyana, ‘descendant of Viśaṃpa, ’ is the name of a
teacher, famous later, but in the earlier Vedic literature known
only to the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka (i. 7, 5) and the Gṛhya Sūtras.
Capeller
German
वैशंपायन
n.
 N. eines alten Dichters.
Stchoupak
French
वैशंपायन-
m.
n.
 d'un maître, disciple de Vyāsa (var.
शांशपायन-)
ministre de Tārāpīḍa (transformé en perroquet).