Platts, John T.  1830-1904 <br/><br/>
The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite :  Translated From the Hindi Text of Dr. Duncan Forbes 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetala_Panchavimshati  Release date is 2017-05-10 
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<br/><br/> "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.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Tales -- India Vampires -- India -- Folklore 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GR