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Ugrashravas Sauti (Sanskrit: उग्रश्रवस् सौती, also Ugraśravas, Sauti, Sūta, Śri Sūta, Suta Gosvāmī) is a character in Hindu literature, featured as the narrator of the Mahābhārata [1] and several Puranas including the Shiva Purana, [2] Bhagavata Purana, [3] [4] Harivamsa, [5] Brahmavaivarta Purana, and Padma Purana, [6] with the narrations typically taking ...
Ugrashravas Sauti was the son of Lomaharsana. He was the Lomaharshana. He was a disciple of Vyasa. He was the narrator of Mahabharata and several Puranas before the gathering of the sages in Naimisha Forest.
[citation needed] Ludo Rocher points out that the use of sūta as a caste may have been separate from the earlier use of sūta to describe Romaharshana and his son Ugrasrava Sauti. [citation needed] R. N. Dandekar states that the sūta caste is different from the narrator of the Puranas. [1] [disputed – discuss] [2]
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Sauti's father Romaharṣaṇa who was a disciple of the great Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana Vyāsa, had once narrated the story of Āstīka before the inhabitants of the forest at the latter's request. It is also believed that the river Sarasvatī had turned her course towards the east to see the great Ṛṣis (sages) dwelling in the forest.
It is structured as a narration by Ugrasrava surnamed Sauti, a professional storyteller, to an assembly of rishis who, in the forest of Naimisha, had just attended the 12-year sacrifice known as Ṣaunaka, surnamed Kulapati.
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The Bhagavata Purana mentions that Ilvala had a son named Balavala, who used to disturb the sages present at Naimisha forest as they listened to the narration of various Puranas from Ugrashravas. He is slain by the deity Balarama during his pilgrimage.