Vetala Bhatta was a Sanskrit author from ancient India. He is known to have attributed the work of the sixteen stanza "Niti-pradeepa"[1] (Niti-pradīpa, literally, the lamp of conduct). He is included among the legendary Navaratnas (group of nine scholars) of Vikramaditya's court. Some historians has also mentioned him as the magician of Chandra Gupta’s court. There are also many legends about him told as a stories of Vikram-Vetal. ( Vikram here is referred to Chandra Gupta 2 as he was titled Vikramaditya)
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VetalaBhatta was a Sanskrit author from ancient India. He is known to have attributed the work of the sixteen stanza "Niti-pradeepa" (Niti-pradīpa, literally...
Vararuchi Vetala-Bhatta Another popular tradition mentions the astronomer Brahmagupta and the magician Vaitalik, instead of Ghatkharpar and Vetala-Bhatta, among...
Indian literature, featuring in traditional stories including those in Vetala Panchavimshati and Singhasan Battisi. Many describe him as ruler with his...
Dhanvantari, Ghatakarapara, Kshapanaka, Shanku, Varahamihira, Vararuchi, and VetalaBhatta. However, there is no historical evidence to show that these nine scholars...
version of a popular collection of tales called the Vetala Panchavimshati: twenty-five tales of a Vetala being related to Trivikramasena, king of Pratishthan...
destructive deity. Many stories and folklore about the valor and wisdom of Vetala are passed down through generations of local people who worshiped this deity...
the Avadānakalpalatā. Folk tale (or fairy tale) collections include the Vetala Pañcaviṃśati, Siṃhāsana Dvātriṃśikā, and the Suktasaptati. There is also...
Sirkai. In the region around Pune, goats and fowl are sacrificed to the God Vetala. The Kathar or Kutadi community of Maharashtra, while observing the Pachvi...
The goddess of the temple is identified with Bhadrakali, mounted over a vetala. She is also identified with Kannagi, the heroine of Ilango Adigal's epic...
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