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कृष्णद्वैपायन

सत्यवती के पुत्र महाभारत और पुराणों के संकलयिता व्यास का नाम

a name of vyasa, son of satyawati, and author of mahabharata and puranas

Monier–Williams

कृष्णद्वैपायन — {dvaipāyana} m. 'black islander', N. of Vyāsa (compiler of the MBh. and of the Purāṇas##so named because of his dark complexion and because he was brought forth by Satyavatī on a dviipa or island in the Ganges) MBh. Hariv. Bādar. iii, 3, 32 Sch. VP