Suta

In Hindu mythology, a disciple of the
sage Vyasa, who is said to have recounted
the puranas to other renunciants in the
Naimisha forest. The puranas are an
important genre of religious texts that
collect all types of sacred lore, from
mythic tales to ritual instruction to exaltation of various sacred sites (tirthas)
and actions. Individual puranas are usually highly sectarian and intended to
promote the worship of one of the
Hindu gods, whether Vishnu, Shiva, or
the Goddess. The traditional puranas
are numbered at eighteen, and in
many of them Suta is named as the
narrator, in accordance with the legend
mentioned above.