Vetala Panchavimshati
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| + | '''''Baital Pachisi''''' or '''''Vetala Panchvimshati''''' ({{lang-sa|वेतालपञ्चविंशति}}, "''Twenty five tales of Baital''") or '''''Vikram and The Vampire''''' is a collection of tales and [[legend]]s from [[History of India|India]]. It was originally written in [[Sanskrit]]. Like ''[[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights|Arabian Nights]]'', it is a set of tales, within a [[frame story]]. | ||
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| + | According to [[Isabel Burton]], the ''Baital Pachisi'' "is the germ which culminated in the ''[[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights|Arabian Nights]]'', and which inspired the "''[[Golden Ass]]''" of [[Apuleius]], [[Boccacio]]'s "''[[The Decameron|Decamerone]],''" the "''[[Pentamerone]],''" and all that class of facetious fictitious literature". | ||
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Baital Pachisi or Vetala Panchvimshati (Template:Lang-sa, "Twenty five tales of Baital") or Vikram and The Vampire is a collection of tales and legends from India. It was originally written in Sanskrit. Like Arabian Nights, it is a set of tales, within a frame story.
According to Isabel Burton, the Baital Pachisi "is the germ which culminated in the Arabian Nights, and which inspired the "Golden Ass" of Apuleius, Boccacio's "Decamerone," the "Pentamerone," and all that class of facetious fictitious literature".
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