Apāntaratama

Apāntaratama

Apāntaratama is a name used for more than one ṛshi and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

People

• Apāntaratama: born of Sarasvatī at Nārāyaṇa‘s command to divide the Veda, and returned later as Kṛshṇadvaipāyana Vyāsa. Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Mokshadharma Parva, Chapter 349; Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Mokshadharma Parva, Chapter 348; Bhagavad Gītā; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 6, Chapter 15; Skandha 9, Chapter 4; Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapters 8, 12, 22

Places

• Apāntaratama (Land): the land where a ṛshi did tapas in a former birth, from which he took his name, in the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa. Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapters 8, 12, 22