Seer of the Fifth Veda: Kr̥ṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa in the MahābhārataAuthorship of the great sanskrit language epic poem of India, the Mahabharat, is attributed to the sage krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa. This study focuseson the depictionof vyasa in the Mahabharata, where he is an important character in the tale he is credited, with composing. The interpretation of vyasa is enriched by the different perspectives provided by other literature, including dramas, Jataka tales, Arthasastra, and Puranas. |
Contents
The author in his own composition | 27 |
The divine plan in the epic | 57 |
Vyāsa as Brahma on earth | 81 |
Other perspectives on Vyasa | 103 |
Appendix | 118 |
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Adi Parvan amsa Arjuna asceticism Aśvamedha Aśvatthāman avatāra Bharata Bharata dynasty Bharata family Bhargava Bhisma birth boon born Brahma brahman priest Brāhmaṇa brahmin Bṛhaspati Buddha Buitenen chapter composed correspondences created critical edition curse deity described dharma Dhṛtarāṣṭra Dīpāyana divided the Vedas divine Draupadi Duryodhana earth epic characters epic poets epic story epic's father fifth Veda four Vedas Gaṇeśa Georges Dumézil gods and demons grandfather guru Hindu Ibid incarnation of Nārāyaṇa Indian Indra Jaimini Jan Gonda Jātaka Kaliyuga Kauravas king Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Dvaipayana kṣatriya literature Lord Mahābhārata Manu manuscripts MBh's mediating mokṣa myth mythology Nārada Nārāyaṇa nivṛtti Pandavas Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas Pāṇḍu Parāśara Parvan passage pitāmaha poem Prajapati pravṛtti pupils Purāṇa Purāņas Rājasūya recited refers regarded revealed rite ritual role ṛşi sacrifice sage Samjaya Sauti seer Śiva sovereignty Śuka tale tapas tion told tradition Vaiśampāyana Vasudeva Veda into four Vedic Vedic texts verses versions Vṛṣṇis Vyasa warriors Winternitz yoga Yudhisthira
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Page 4 - MahAbharata cannot have been endowed with this sacred character, merely just about AD 450, but that it must have held the same position for at least a century earlier. Moreover, one of the landgrants mentioned, that issued by king Sarvanatha of Uchchakalpa in A.
Page 4 - The results of the preceding enquiry are sufficient to warrant the assertion that the Mahäbharata certainly was a Smriti or Dharmasästra from AD 300, and that about AD 500 it certainly did not differ essentially in size and in character from the present text.