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vetālapañcaviṃśati

vetāla—pañca-viṃśati or vetāla—pañca-viṃśa°tikā, f. a collection of 25 tales or fables told by a Vetāla or demon to king Vikramāditya (of which there are 5 recensions extant, one by Kṣemendra in his Bṛhat-kathā-mañjarī, one by Soma-deva in the Kathā-sarit-sāgara, and the other three by Jambhala-datta, Vallabha, and Śiva-dāsa ; versions of these popular tales exist in Hindī, Tamil and Telugu, and almost every Hindū vernacular).