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Vaiśampayana

VAISAMPAYANA. [Source: Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology] A celebrated sage who was the original teacher of the Black Yajur-Veda. He was a pupil of the great Vyasa, from whom he learned the Mahabharata, which he afterwards recited to King Janamejaya at a festival. The Harivansa is also represented as having been communicated by him.

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