The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite : Translated From the Hindi Text of Dr. Duncan Forbes
Platts, John T. 1830-1904
The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite : Translated From the Hindi Text of Dr. Duncan Forbes - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetala_Panchavimshati Release date is 2017-05-10
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"The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite" by John T. Platts et al. is a collection of tales originally written in Sanskrit, with its oldest recension found in an 11th-century compilation. Legendary King Vikramāditya must capture a sprite who inhabits dead bodies and hangs from a tree. Each time the king seizes the creature, it tells a story ending with a riddle. If Vikrama answers correctly, the sprite escapes; if he stays silent knowing the answer, his head will shatter. This cycle repeats twenty-four times before a final revelation changes everything. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Tales -- India Vampires -- India -- Folklore
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The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite : Translated From the Hindi Text of Dr. Duncan Forbes - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetala_Panchavimshati Release date is 2017-05-10
Produced by David Widger from page images generously
provided by the Internet Archive Produced by David Widger from page images generously
provided by the Internet Archive
"The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite" by John T. Platts et al. is a collection of tales originally written in Sanskrit, with its oldest recension found in an 11th-century compilation. Legendary King Vikramāditya must capture a sprite who inhabits dead bodies and hangs from a tree. Each time the king seizes the creature, it tells a story ending with a riddle. If Vikrama answers correctly, the sprite escapes; if he stays silent knowing the answer, his head will shatter. This cycle repeats twenty-four times before a final revelation changes everything. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Tales -- India Vampires -- India -- Folklore
GR