Editing Vyasa (section)

{{short description|Sage in ancient India}}
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{{Infobox Hindu leader
| image              = File:Sculpture of Vyasa.jpeg
| caption            = A sculpture of Vyasa at [[Murudeshwar]]
| religion           = [[Hinduism]]
| weapon             = 
| parents            = {{unbulleted list|
*[[Parashara]] (father)
*[[Satyavati]] (mother)}}
| spouse             = Vatikā (only in few Puranas){{sfn|Dalal|2019}}
| relatives          = '''Maternal Half-Brothers'''
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*[[Chitrāngada]]
*[[Vichitravirya]]}}
| children           = [[Shuka]] (son)
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{{small|The following were fathered by Vyasa through the [[Niyoga]] practice, on behalf of his half-brother [[Vichitravirya]]}} {{bulleted list|
[[Dhritarashtra]] (son; from [[Ambika (Mahabharata)|Ambika]])|[[Pandu]] (son; from [[Ambalika]])|[[Vidura]] (son; from [[Characters in the Mahabharata#Ambika's maid|a Shudra maid]])}}
| honours            = ''[[Guru Purnima]]''
| known_for          = {{unbulleted list|
*[[Vedas]]
*''[[Mahabharata]]''
*[[Puranas]]
*[[Brahma Sutras]]}}
| disciples          = {{unbulleted list|
*[[Shuka]]
*[[Jaimini]]
*[[Vaishampayana]]
*Paila
*Sumantu}}
| title              = [[Maharishi]], [[Vyasadeva]], [[Vedavyasa]]
| honorific prefix   = Maharshi
| institute          = [[Vyasa Peetha]]
}}

{{Hinduism}}
'''Vyasa''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|j|ɑː|s|ə}}; {{langx|sa|व्यास|lit=compiler, arranger}}, {{IAST3|Vyāsa}}) or '''Veda Vyasa''' ({{langx|sa|वेदव्यास|lit=the one who classified the [[Vedas]]}}, {{IAST3|Vedavyāsa}}), also known as '''Krishna Dvaipayana Veda Vyasa''' ({{langx|sa|कृष्णद्वैपायन}}, {{IAST3|Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana}} ''Vedavyāsa''), is a{{Sfn|Sullivan|1999|p=1}} ''[[rishi]]'' (sage) with a prominent role in most Hindu traditions. He is traditionally regarded as the author of the epic [[Mahabharata|Mahābhārata]], where he also plays a prominent role as a character. He is also regarded by the Hindu traditions to be the compiler of the [[mantra]]s of the [[Vedas]] into four texts, as well as the author of the eighteen [[Puranas|Purāṇas]] and the [[Brahma Sutras]].

Vyasa is regarded by many Hindus as a [[Avatar|partial incarnation]] ({{Langx|sa|अंशावतार}}, {{IAST3|Aṃśāvatāra}}) of [[Vishnu]]. He is one of the immortals called the [[Chiranjivi]]s, held by adherents to still be alive in the current age known as the [[Kali Yuga]].