Talk:Vyasa/Archive 1

Error in dates!
In the article on Mahabharata, the origins of the epic are mentioned as 8th century BCE i.e. 800 years before Christ. And in this article the period of the author vyas is mentioned as 3rd millennium BC i.e. 3000 years before Christ .. obviously a mistake !! Leningrad (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 12:08, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Untitled
I presume that this is an aspect of Hindu mythology? --Robert Merkel 03:50, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)


 * Yes. also Hindu belief. some people get offended when it is called mythology suggesting it may not have happened. - Hemanshu 03:53, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)


 * That is true, regardless of the specific religion, but there's no other suitable term AFAICT. Does the story of Vyasa have a specific written source?  If so, we could describe him it as "according to source foo, an important text of Hinduism''...


 * The term "Hindu tradition" is possibly a better term than "Hindu mythology".LFlagg (talk) 22:49, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Badarayana
Badarayana redirects here, but the word Badarayana does not appear anywhere in the text, and Talk:Badarayana is blank. If this is just another name for Vyasa, could someone clarify that? Also, if it's a special ceremonial name or something like that, that should also be noted in the article. Thanks. --skoosh (háblame) 04:15, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

You are right - there are some questions around whether Badarayana - author of Brahma Sutras - was the same as Veda Vyasa, who is also known as Krishna Dvaipayana.

Jaimini, author of Purva Mimansa Sutra, refers to Badarayana e.g. Mimansa Sutra 1.1.5. Jaimini was also a pupil of Veda Vyasa Krishna Dvaipayana. Badarayana also quotes Jaimini in Brahma Sutra.

It is also the contention of some scholars such as TS Narayana Sastri, in Age of Sankara, that

1. Veda Vyasa Krishna Dvaipayana was different from Badarayana, author of Brahma Sutra 2. Brahma Sutra was a work initiated by Badarayana but completed by a disciple of Badarayana 3. Adi Shankaracharya was aware of this distinction and mentions this disciple by the term Sutrakara (compiler of Sutras)

For Age of Sankara, please refer to http://www.easterntradition.org/age%20of%20sankara.html

--Ashish chandr70 (talk) 01:26, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Arthashastra version
The Arthashastra version compares the Vrishnis' attempt on Vyasa to Vatapi's attempt on Agastya, but it should be noted that the latter was very unsuccesful and Vatapi died. The reference to "some scholars" needs citations. --Grammatical error 19:55, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Replaced link to pirate site
The external link for "Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana)" led to a site that knowingly, persistently, and extensively bootlegs copyrighted artwork.

I have kept the link but changed the URL to that of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, who provide the complete text (and who happen to be the owner of the bootlegged art).

Further information is available from the rights and permissions department of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, www.bbt.info.

The relevant Wikipedia policy appears in Copyrights, in Section 4.3, "Linking to copyrighted works."

O Govinda 18:50, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Date
Please include a date of Vedavyasa's existence and the approximate date when he wrote down the Vedas. Thankyou. Sanatana Dharman 22:26, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I actually wanted to inquire for the dates only, but I couldn't find it anywhere in the article. S Kaushik wiki (talk) 22:48, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Vyasa's Jaya
This section says at present that Sanjaya narrates Jaya (the story) to Dritarashtra. Is this so, or is this confusion of Jaya with Sanjaya's account of the battle of Kurukshetra? Imc 19:09, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Vyasa born to?
I have heard Sage Vyasa was born to a mother who belonged to the fishermen community. Could we not add this important detail about the parents of Sage Vyasa?BalanceRestored 07:42, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

ambiguity in Vyasa birth
in vyasa's page, he is told to be born to fisher man daughter, at the same time again he is told to be born to a bramhin. fisher man and bramhin's are 2 different casts.

again in her mother's page he not mentioned under her son's list...,

please clean the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.53.240.36 (talk) 04:37, 19 June 2008 (UTC)