Vyāsāsana—the seat of Vyāsa, on which the representative of Vyāsadeva sits.Prabhupada ›Glossary›-V-›Vyasasana-the seat of Vyasasana-the seat of Vyasa, on which the representative of Vyasadeva sits. Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/glossary/v/vyasasana-the-seat-of-vyasa-on-which-the-representative-of-v Previous: Vyasadeva (Vyasa)-the literary incarnation of God, and the greatest philosopher of ancient times. The son of Parasara, and the compiler of the original Vedic scriptures, including the eighteen Puranas, Vedanta-sutra, the Mahabharata, and the Upanisads. He played a very important part in guiding the Pandavas during crucial times. He gave the vision of the battle of Kuruksetra to Sanjaya so that he could relate it to Dhrtarastra. He is still living in this world. Next: Vyasa-Vyasadeva (Vyasa)-the literary incarnation of God, and the greatest philosopher of ancient times. The son of Parasara, and the compiler of the original Vedic scriptures, including the eighteen Puranas, Vedanta-sutra, the Mahabharata, and the Upanisads. He played a very important part in guiding the Pandavas during crucial times. He gave the vision of the battle of Kuruksetra to Sanjaya so that he could relate it to Dhrtarastra. He is still living in this world; The son of Parasara Muni and Satyavati-devi, Vyasa is the empowered (saktyavesa-)avatara of God who rendered the Vedic sabda into written texts some 5000 years ago. He is also known as Vedavyasa, Badarayana and Dvaipayana. See Avatara (Saktya-avesa), Srimad-Bhagavatam, Veda, Vedanta-sutra.