Editing Vyasa (section)

==Divider of the Veda==
Hindus traditionally hold that Vyasa subcategorized the primordial single [[Veda]] to produce four parts as a canonical collection. Hence he was called Veda-Vyasa, or "Splitter of the Vedas", the splitting being a feat that allowed people to understand the divine knowledge of the Veda.

The ''Vishnu Puraṇa'' elaborates on the role of Vyasa in the Hindu chronology.<ref>'' Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Puranas'', Volume 1 (2001), page 1408</ref> The Hindu view of the universe is that of a cyclic phenomenon that comes into existence and dissolves repeatedly. Each ''[[Kalpa (aeon)|kalpa]]'' cycle is presided over by a number of [[Manu (Hinduism)|Manu]]s, one for each ''[[manvantara]]'', and each ''manvantara'' has a number of ''[[Yuga Cycle|yuga cycles]]'', each with four ''[[yuga]]'' ages of declining virtues. The ''[[Dvapara Yuga]]'' is the third ''yuga''. The ''Vishṇu Puraṇa'' (Book 3, Ch 3) says:
{{blockquote|In every third world age (Dvāpara), Vishnu, in the person of Vyāsa, in order to promote the good of mankind, divides the Veda, which is properly but one, into many portions. Observing the limited perseverance, energy and application of mortals, he makes the Veda fourfold, to adapt it to their capacities; and the bodily form which he assumes, in order to effect that classification, is known by the name of Vedavyāsa. Of the different Vyāsas in the present Manvantara and the branches which they have taught, you shall have an account.
Twenty-eight times have the Vedas been arranged by the great Rishis in the Vaivasvata Manvantara [...] and consequently, eight and twenty Vyāsa's have passed away; by whom, in the respective periods, the Veda has been divided into four. The first... distribution was made by Svayambhū (Brahmā) himself; in the second, the arranger of the Veda (Vyasa) was Prajāpati [...] (and so on up to twenty-eight).<ref>{{cite web|title=Vishnu Purana|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin//vp/vp077.htm|access-date=2014-03-15}}</ref>}}

According to the [[Vishnu Purana|Vishṇu Purāṇa]], [[Aswatthama|Aśwatthāmā]], the son of [[Drona|Droṇa]], will become the next sage (Vyāsa) and will divide the Veda in 29th [[Yuga Cycle|Mahā Yuga]] of 7th [[Manvantara]].<ref>[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp077.htm Vishnu Purana -Drauni or Asvathama as Next Vyasa] Retrieved 2015-03-22</ref>