84000 Glossary of Terms

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རྒྱས་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • རྒྱས་པ།

  • rgyas pa
  • vyāsa
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Publications: 4
Translation by David Jackson
  • Vyāsa
  • རྒྱས་པ།
  • rgyas pa
  • vyāsa
Definition in this text:

An Indian seer.

Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
  • Vyāsa
  • རྒྱས་པ།
  • rgyas pa
  • vyāsa
Definition in this text:

The rishi who is said to have divided the Vedas into four and to have compiled the Mahābhārata epic.

Translation by Wiesiek Mical
  • Vyāsa
  • རྒྱས་པ།
  • rgyas pa
  • vyāsa
Definition in this text:

One of the sages (ṛṣi), who is their leader or king.

Translation by Wiesiek Mical · Anna Zilman · Andreas Doctor · Adam Krug
  • Vyāsa
  • རྒྱས་པ།
  • rgyas pa
  • vyāsa
Definition in this text:

One of the ancient sages, regarded as the compiler of the Vedas.