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असितदेवल

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Script: Devanagari

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ASITADEVALA   Main details.
(1) He is one of those who spread the story of Mahābhārata to the public. Vyāsa wrote the Mahābhārata into a lakh of books and first taught the great epic to his son, the sage Śuka. He later expounded it to many other disciples. Nārada spread the story among the devas, Devala among the Pitṛs, Śuka among Gandharvas and Yakṣas and Vaiśampāyana among men. [Ślokas 107 & 108, Chapter 1, Ādi Parva, M.B.] .
(2) He was present at the Sarpasatra of Janamejaya. [Śloka 8, Chapter 53, Ādi Parva, M.B.] .
(3) He attended the coronation of Yudhiṣṭhira along with Nārada and Vyāsa. [Śloka 10, Chapter 53, Sabhā Parva, M.B.] . See under Devala for more information.

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