- A
vetala (Sanskrit: वेताल, romanized:
vetāla) is a
class of
beings in
Hindu mythology. They are
usually defined as a
knowledgeable (fortune telling) paranormal...
- The
Vetala Panchavimshati (Sanskrit: वेतालपञ्चविंशति, IAST: vetālapañcaviṃśati), or
Betal Pachisi ("Twenty-five (tales) of Betal"), is a
collection of...
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Indian literature,
featuring in
traditional stories including those in
Vetala Panchavimshati and
Singhasan Battisi. Many
describe him as
ruler with his...
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Vetala Bhatta was a
Sanskrit author from
ancient India. He is
known to have
attributed the work of the
sixteen stanza "Niti-pradeepa" (Niti-pradīpa, literally...
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Vetala Tales is a po****r
collection of
short stories from
India of
unknown age and antiquity, but
predating the 11th
century CE. It
exists in four main...
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recognizes him due to the
Vetāla-pancaviṁśatī/ Vikrama-
Vetāla stories. In Maharashtra,
especially in the
coastal Konkan region,
Vetāla is more po****r as the...
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frame story, from
India (a
collection of 25
tales which is
narrated by
Vetala to Vikram). It is also
known as Vikram-Betaal. It is
about the legendary...
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Indian folktale collection Vetala Panchavimshati about a king
marrying a
woman and his son
marrying her mother, and
Vetala, the
riddler asking Vikramaditya...
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Vararuchi Vetala-Bhatta
Another po****r
tradition mentions the
astronomer Brahmagupta and the
magician Vaitalik,
instead of
Ghatkharpar and
Vetala-Bhatta...
- as
haunting cremation grounds along with
other monsters like
bhutas and
vetālas.
Pishachas are
supposed to
possess the
ability to
shapeshift and ****ume...
