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Vyasa ((サンスクリット:व्यास), , literally “Compiler”) is a central and revered figure in most Hindu traditions. He is also sometimes called Veda Vyāsa (वेदव्यास, ''veda-vyāsa'', "the one who classified the Vedas") or Krishna Dvaipāyana (referring to his complexion and birthplace). He is the author of the ''Mahabharata'', as well as a character in it. He is considered to be the scribe of both the Vedas and Puranas. According to Hindu beliefs, Vyasa is an avatar of the god Vishnu.〔Bhagavata Purana 1.4.14: (dvāpare samanuprāpte tṛtīye yuga-paryaye jātaḥ parāśarād yogī vāsavyāḿ kalayā hareḥ)〕〔(Mahābhārata 12.350.4-5, K.M. Ganguly full edition )〕 Vyasa is also considered to be one of the seven Chiranjivins (long lived, or immortals), who are still in existence according to Hindu belief. Vyasa lived around the 3rd millennium BCE.〔"Legacy of the Elder Gods" by M. Don Schorn, p.256〕 The festival of ''Guru Purnima'' is dedicated to him. It is also known as ''Vyasa Purnima'', for it is the day believed to be both his birthday and the day he divided the Vedas. ==In the Mahabharata== 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 the god Vishnu who came in Dwaparayuga to make all the Vedic knowledge available in written form which was available in spoken form at that time. He was the son of Satyavati, daughter of the fisherman Dusharaj,〔According to legend, Vyasa was the son of the ascetic Parashara and the dasyu) Satyavati and grew up in forests, living with hermits who taught him the Vedas. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''〕 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.〔(Essays on the Mahābhārata ), Arvind Sharma, Motilal Banarsidass Publisher, p. 205〕 There are two different views regarding his birthplace. One of the views suggests that he was born in the Tanahun district in western Nepal, other view suggests that he was born on Island in Yamuna river near Kalpi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Vyasa was dark-complexioned and hence may be called by the name ''Krishna'' (black), and also the name ''Dwaipayana'', meaning 'island-born'. Vyasa was grandfather to the Kauravas and Pandavas. Their fathers, Dhritarashtra and Pandu, the sons of Vyasa were Dhrutharashtra and Pandu and Vidura. THE third son, Vidura, was born to a serving maid Parishrami. Shere as Dhrutharashtra and Pandu are Sons of Ambalika and Ambika. Vyasa is believed to have lived on the banks of Ganga in modern day Uttarakhand. The place was also the abode of sage Vashishta along with Pandavas, the five brothers of Mahabharata. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vyasa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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