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Main article: Vetala Panchavimshati
Vetala Tales[1] is a popular collection of short stories from India of unknown age and antiquity, but predating the 11th century CE. It exists in four main Sanskrit recensions (revisions). In addition, there also exists many modern translations into Indian and other vernaculars.
The collection consists of a series of unrelated tales, all told within the context of a frame story similar to Scheherazade's in Arabian nights. The exact content of the frame stories varies between versions, but always involves the core element of King Vikramaditya carrying a dead body to a yogi or holy man in a cemetery. The body is subsequently possessed by a Vetala (a predatory undead spirit in Hindu mythology), who tells Vikramaditya the tales contained in the narrative to pass the time, and then subsequently aids him in thwarting the yogi's nefarious scheme in the conclusion of the story. Unlike the Panchatantra, whose recensions and translations sometimes vary greatly (see List of Panchatantra Stories for a tabulated comparison), the overall content and structure of the Vetala Tales has remained relatively stable (though exhibiting many minor differences).
^(Sanskrit: वेतालपञ्चविंशति, IAST: vetālapañcaviṃśati "Vetala's 25 stories"; Hindi: Baital Pachisi "Baital's 25 [stories]". Numerous English titles include Twenty-five Tales of a Demon (and similar titles using instead "Sprite" or "Genie" or "Ghost" or "Goblin") and Vikram and the Vampire. Vetala Tales is used here as a designation for the collection in general, without reference to a specific version.
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