Vyasa

Hindu · mortal · epic period · mortal

Parentage

Children

Domains

sacred knowledge
writing and knowledge

Powers

Divide and arrange the Vedas into four collections
Compose the Mahabharata and the Puranas
Deathless sage of the present age

Epithets

वेदव्यास
कृष्णद्वैपायन
बादरायण

Relations

mother: Satyavatī
parent of: Pāṇḍu
half sibling: Vichitravirya

Sources

Mahabharata (BORI) Adi Parva 57; 63; 100; 105-106; Bhagavata Purana 1.4

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