HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Patanjali
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Kapila
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Vyasa
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Shankaracharya
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the Mahabharata Vyasa is said to be the son of Satyabati, who was the daughter of a ferryman and a sage from the lineage of Vasistha muni whose name was Parashara . He compiled the Vedas and arranged four kinds of mantra into the four Samahitas. He was referred to as Ved Vyasa which means ‘splitter of the Vedas’.
Detailed explanation-2: -In addition to Mahabharat, Vyas Maharishi composed 18 puranas (legendary stories), Brahma Sutras and classified the Hindu Vedas into 4 parts; Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to tradition, Vyasa is the compiler of the Vedas, who arranged the four kinds of mantras into four Samhitas (Collections).
Detailed explanation-4: -The Rig Veda is the oldest among all the four Vedas.
Detailed explanation-5: -Out of the total number of 28, 000 Manuscripts housed at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, the 30 manuscripts of the Rigveda form a valuable part of the collection. These manuscripts evince several unique features in terms of scripts, accentuation marks and support material used, among others.