Sanskrit Encyclopaedia

Vyasa

28 Veda Vyāsas across the Dvāpara Yugas

#	Vyāsa	Gender
1	Brahmā	Male
2	Prajapati	Male
3	Śakra	Male
4	Bṛhaspati	Male
5	Sūrya	Male
6	Yama	Male
7	Indra	Male
8	Vasiṣṭha	Male
9	Sārasvata Ṛṣi	Male
10	Tridhāma	Male
11	Trivṛṣa	Male
12	Bharadvāja	Male
13	Antarīkṣa	Male
14	Dharma	Male
15	Evaruṇi	Male
16	Dhanañjaya	Male
17	Medhatithi	Male
18	Vrati	Male
19	Atri	Male
20	Gautama	Male
21	Uttama	Male
22	Vājasravā Vena	Male
23	Soma	Male
24	Triṇavindu	Male
25	Bhārgava	Male
26	Śakti	Male
27	Jātūkarṇya	Male
28	Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana	Male

Family / Lineage Chart of the 28 Vyāsas

Vyāsas marked with * are deities/cosmic beings (no human lineage given)

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Brahmā (1) └── [Creation] └── Prajapati (2) └── Dharma (14)*

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Śakra / Indra (3 & 7) — same deity, different Dvāparas Bṛhaspati (4) — preceptor of gods Sūrya (5) — solar deity Yama (6) — deity of death

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Vasiṣṭha (8) └── Śakti (26) └── Parāśara └── Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana / Veda Vyāsa (28)

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Bharadvāja (12) └── [lineage continues in sage tradition]

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Atri (19) └── [father of Soma / Chandra in some traditions]

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Gautama (20) └── [Gautama gotra lineage]

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Vājasravā Vena (22) └── Soma (23) — [descendant, as stated in text]

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Bhārgava (25) — of Bhṛgu lineage └── Śakti (26) [possible connection in some texts]

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Uncertain / Standalone (no clear lineage recorded)

• Sārasvata Ṛṣi (9)
• Tridhāma (10)
• Trivṛṣa (11)
• Antarīkṣa (13)
• Evaruṇi (15)
• Dhanañjaya (16)
• Medhatithi (17)
• Vrati (18)
• Uttama (21)
• Triṇavindu (24)
• Jātūkarṇya (27)

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Key Lineage (most documented)

Vasiṣṭha (8) → Śakti (26) → Parāśara → Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (28)