Page 6 - BHĀRATA –THE LAND OF SEERS AND SAGES

A Few Prominent Rishis of Ancient India

Veda Vyāsa He is also believed to have

composed 18 major Puranas

One of the most revered
along with Vyāsa Smriti and

sages of all times, Rishi Veda Laghu Vyāsa Samhita. The

Vyāsa, collected, Brahma-sutras written by him

consolidated and classified are considered one of the

the existing singular Veda of most influential texts on

his time into the four Vedas Vedantic philosophy.

as we know today (Rigveda,

Yajurveda, Samaveda and

Atharvaveda) as well as the

Brahmanas, Aranyakas and

the Upanishads. This is why

he is known as Veda Vyāsa

(the classifier or organizer of

the Veda); his original name

was Krishna Dvaipāyan.

He is the composer of the

Mahābhārata. The Bhagvad

Gita, one of the most

profound scriptures of Indian

spiritual tradition, which forms

a part of the Mahābhārata, is

also the contribution of Veda Rishi Vyasa dictating Mahābhārata
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Vyāsa.