Word history

Monier-Williams (1899) records vyāsa with the sense “arranger, compiler”. Vyāsa carries the lexical sense arranger or compiler and is also the name of the literary sage associated with arranging texts. The dictionary brings these uses together in its entry. व्यास preserves the long vowel and consonant cluster. The surname’s word history does not establish authorship of a text by an individual.

Sources: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword vyāsa, page 1035, column 2, entry L209343

Literal dictionary sense

vyāsa: Arranger, compiler.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword vyāsa, page 1035, column 2, entry L209343

Native-script forms

व्यास · Devanagari

Sources and attribution

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