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    Vyasa is considered the legendary author of important Hindu scriptures like the Mahabharata, Vedas, and Puranas. He was said to be an incarnation of Vishnu who compiled the Vedic knowledge in written form. Vyasa was born on an island in the Yamuna river to Sage Parashara and Satyavati. Due to his dark complexion, he was also called Krishna Dvaipayana or Island-Born. According to legends, Vyasa possessed knowledge of the Vedas, Dharmashastras and Upanishads from birth due to being a devotee of Vishnu in his previous life.

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    Vyasa is considered the legendary author of important Hindu scriptures like the Mahabharata, Vedas, and Puranas. He was said to be an incarnation of Vishnu who compiled the Vedic knowledge in written form. Vyasa was born on an island in the Yamuna river to Sage Parashara and Satyavati. Due to his dark complexion, he was also called Krishna Dvaipayana or Island-Born. According to legends, Vyasa possessed knowledge of the Vedas, Dharmashastras and Upanishads from birth due to being a devotee of Vishnu in his previous life.

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    Vyasa is considered the legendary author of important Hindu scriptures like the Mahabharata, Vedas, and Puranas. He was said to be an incarnation of Vishnu who compiled the Vedic knowledge in written form. Vyasa was born on an island in the Yamuna river to Sage Parashara and Satyavati. Due to his dark complexion, he was also called Krishna Dvaipayana or Island-Born. According to legends, Vyasa possessed knowledge of the Vedas, Dharmashastras and Upanishads from birth due to being a devotee of Vishnu in his previous life.

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    ​Vyasa

    ​ yasa​ is the legendary author of the Mahabharata , Vedas and the Puranas. He is also
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    called as ‘​Ved​ ​vyasa​’ [The one who classified the Vedas] or Krishna Dvaipyana. ​Vyasa
    appears for the first time as the compiler of, And an important character in the Mahabharata.
    It is said that he was the expansion of Lord Vishnu, Who came in Dwapara Yuga to make all
    the Vedic knowledge oral tradition available in written form. He was the son of Satyavati,
    Adopted daughter of the fisherman Dushraj and the wandering sage Parashara, Who is
    credited with being the author of the first Purana, Vishnu Purana. He was born on an island
    in the river Yamuna. Due to his dark complexion, ​Vyasa​ also was given the name Krishna,
    In addition to the name Dwaipayana, Means ‘Island - Born’. According to the Vishnu
    Purana, Vyasa was born on an island near Yamuna at Kalpi. According to legend, In
    previous birth Vyasa was sage Apantaratamas, Who was born when Lord Vishnu uttered
    the syllable ‘Bhu’. He was a devotee of Lord Vishnu. Since birth, He already possessed the
    knowledge of Vedas, The Dharmashastras and the Upanishads. At Vishnu’s behest, He
    was reborn as Vyasa. Vyasa was the son of sage Parashara and great grandson of sage
    Vashishta. Prior to Vyasa’s birth, Parashara had performed a severe penance to Lord
    Shiva. Impressed by this, Shiva granted a boon to him that Parashara’s son would be a
    Brahmarishi equal to Vashishta and would be famous for his knowledge. Parashara begot
    Vyasa with Satyavati. She conceived and immediately gave birth to Vyasa. Vyasa became
    an adult and left promising his mother that he would come when she wanted him. Vyasa
    acquired his knowledge from the Naradas , The four Kumaras and Lord Brahma himself.
    Vyasa is believed to have lived on the river banks of Ganga Uttarakhand. This place was
    also the ritual home of sage Vashishta, Along with the pandavas, The five brothers of
    Mahabharata.

    ​THANK YOU.

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