1) Character in the Mahabharata 
Vaishampayana (वैशंपायन, {IAST|Vaiśampāyana}) was the traditional narrator of the Mahabharata, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. He was an ancient Indian sage who was the original teacher of the Krishna Yajur-Veda. The Ashvalayana Grihya Sutra mentions him as Mahabharatacharya. He is also mentioned in the Tait...