Ugrashravas Sauti

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Ugrashravas Sauti is the traditional bard and storyteller in the Mahabharata who recites the epic and its associated tales to assembled sages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bard
character in the Mahabharata
narrator
sage
storyteller
activity reciting epics during sacrificial sessions
alsoKnownAs Sauti NERFINISHED
Sauti Ugrashravas NERFINISHED
appearsIn Adi Parva of the Mahabharata NERFINISHED
associatedText Bhagavata Purana NERFINISHED
Harivamsa NERFINISHED
Puranas NERFINISHED
audience assemblies of rishis
casteOrClass Suta
culturalContext ancient Indian literature
describedAs highly learned in the Puranas
versed in Itihasa and Purana
family Suta lineage
father Lomaharshana NERFINISHED
Romaharshana NERFINISHED
gender male
genre Itihasa
Purana NERFINISHED
hearsFrom Vyasa’s disciples
honorificTitle Sauti Rishi NERFINISHED
languageOfNarration Sanskrit
literaryFunction reciter of ancient tales
transmitter of epic tradition
mentionedIn various Puranic texts
narratesTo Shaunaka NERFINISHED
sages at Naimisha forest
narrativeFrameRole outer-frame narrator of the Mahabharata
narrativeTechnique recounting what he heard from earlier teachers
notableWork Mahabharata NERFINISHED
occupation professional reciter of epics and Puranas
religion Hinduism
roleInWork primary narrator of the Mahabharata
settingOfNarration Naimisha forest NERFINISHED
sourceOf many embedded stories within the Mahabharata
tradition oral epic tradition of ancient India
transmitsTraditionOf Vyasa NERFINISHED

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Adi Parva hasNarrator Ugrashravas Sauti