01925cam a22003613u 4500 54697 UtSlPG 20260610134248.0 m cr n 260607r2017||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 GR Platts, John T. (John Thompson), 1830-1904 The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite : Translated From the Hindi Text of Dr. Duncan Forbes Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2017 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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 "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.) Original publication data not identified Tales -- India Vampires -- India -- Folklore Lallu Lal, 1763-1825 Vila, Mazhar Ali Khan, active 1805 Forbes, Duncan, 1798-1868 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54697 95529 95529