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Vaishampayana

Pupil of Vyasa and teacher of the Yajurveda; the teacher (in the Mahabharata, the maternal uncle) with whom Yajnavalkya quarrels. He is also the narrator of the Mahabharata to Janamejaya.

Sources: The Vishnu Purana, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840); The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer · see Vaishampayana's web

Relations 1

Vaishampayana teacher of

Yajnavalkya (Sage) · Yajnavalkya receives the Yajus from the Sun
His first teacher, who takes the Veda back.

Stories 1

Yajnavalkya receives the Yajus from the Sun
Legend · as the teacher (his maternal uncle in the epic) · 3 tellings

Cited

The Vishnu Purana, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840) § 3.5 Primary text (translation)
The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § shanti.319 Primary text (translation)