A Wikipedia article on Vyasa, a rishi with a prominent role in most Hindu traditions, traditionally regarded as the author of the Mahabharata and the compiler of the mantras of the Vedas into four texts, as well as the author of the eighteen Puranas and the Brahma Sutras.
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A crowd-edited tertiary reference, used here to confirm Vyasa's standing as sage and compiler of the Mahabharata and the Vedas; independently corroborated by the Victoria and Albert Museum's own collection API record naming him as the subject of this Kalighat painting. Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyasa
Source Typeencyclopedia
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Vyasa, Figures This source names Vyasa directly: "A Wikipedia article on Vyasa, a rishi with a prominent role in most Hindu traditions, traditionally regarded as the author of the Mahabharata and the compiler of the mantras of the Vedas into four..."
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- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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