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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
                                                                                                 Angkor Wat, Cambodia
             Vyāsa.
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