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Vyasa (Vyāsa in IAST (additional info and facts about IAST) transliteration) is an important figure in the Hindu (A person who adheres to Hinduism) religion and its literature.
Vyasa thus was the grandfather of both the warring parties of the Mahabharata ((Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families), the Kaurava (additional info and facts about Kaurava) s and the Pandava (additional info and facts about Pandava) s.
It is said that Ganesha imposed a condition that Vyasa narrate the story without pause, and Vyasa made a counter-condition that Lord Ganesh understand the verse before he transcribed it.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/vy/vyasa.htm   (474 words)

  
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Vyasa (Vyāsa in IAST transliteration) is an important and much revered figure in the Hindu tradition and its literature.
Veda Vyasa was the sage who gave the world this Storehouse of realism, wisdom and compassion.
Vyasa was the grandfather of both the warring parties of the Mahabharata, the Kauravas and the Pandavas.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vyasa   (300 words)

  
 Encyclopedia article on Vyasa [EncycloZine]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The story goes that Lord Ganesh imposed a condition that Vyasa narrate the story without pause, and Vyasa a counter-condition that Lord Ganesh understand the verse before he transcribed it.
This is supposed to explain the complicated Sanskrit used in the Mahabharata.
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