[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1951 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1951 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1951 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1951](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1951) VAISAMPĀYANA. A celebrated sage who was the original teacher of the Black Yajur-veda. He was a pupil of the great Vyāsa, from whom he learned the Mahā-bhārata, which he afterwards recited to King Janamejaya at a festival. The Hari-vansa is also represented as having been communicated by him. - [Previous: c5.1950](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1950) - [Next: c5.1952](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1952) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1951](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1951) · Pramāṇa