Vyasa

Vyasa is a rishi with a prominent role in most Hindu traditions. He is also known as Veda Vyasa ('the one who classified the Vedas') or Krishna Dvaipayana . Traditionally regarded as the author of the epic Mahābhārata, Vyasa also plays a prominent role as a character. He is also regarded by the Hindu traditions to be the compiler of the mantras of the Vedas into four texts, as well as the author of the eighteen Purāṇ…