Editing Vyasa (section)

==Name==
"Vyasa" (Vyāsa) means "compiler" or "arranger<ref name=SD/><ref>{{cite book |title=India through the ages |url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada |last=Gopal |first=Madan |year= 1990| page= [https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/158 158] |editor=K.S. Gautam |publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref> and also "separation" or "division."<ref name=SD>Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit, [https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/index.php?mode=3&direct=au&script=hk&tran_input=vyasa ''Vyasa'']</ref> Other meanings include "split," "differentiate," or "describe." It is also a title, given to "a holy sage or a pious learned man," and is applied to "persons distinguished for their writings."<ref>{{cite book |title=India through the ages |url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada |last=Gopal |first=Madan |year= 1990| page= [https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/129 129] |editor=K.S. Gautam |publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref>

Vyasa is commonly known as "Veda Vyasa" ({{Langx|sa|वेदव्यास}}'', Vedavyāsa'') as he divided the single, eternal ''Veda'' into four separate books{{mdash}}[[Rigveda]], [[Samaveda]], [[Yajurveda]] and [[Atharvaveda]].<ref name="Vyasa" />{{sfn|Sullivan|1999|p=2}} In the Mahabharata, Vyasa is also called ''Krishna'', which refers to his dark complexion (''krishna''), and as ''Dvaipāyana'', as his birthplace was on an island (dvaipayana),<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KnCxH85Vra4C&dq=vyasa+born+yamuna&pg=PA205 Essays on the Mahābhārata], Arvind Sharma, Motilal Banarsidass Publisher, p. 205</ref> He is also referred to as Vaishampayan ({{Langx|sa|वैशम्पायन}}, ''Vaiṣampāyana'').