Tales Of King Vikram And Betaal The Vampire
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Tales Of King Vikram And Betaal The Vampire
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Author : Razzab Ali Shaikh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-10-20
Tales Of King Vikram And Betaal The Vampire written by Razzab Ali Shaikh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-20 with Fiction categories.
TALES OF KING VIKRAM AND BETAAL THE VAMPIREOnce upon a time there was a king named Vikramaaditya who ruled Pratisthana on the river Godavari. He was a mighty and glorious king. Everyday when he used to hold public court,a beggar used to come along and present a fruit to the king and this went on for a couple of years when curiosity got the better of the king.The king used to pass on the fruit to his treasurer who used to throw them all inthe storage. On hearing of the king's curiosity, the treasurer was surprised tosee the storage full of emeralds and pearls and the fruit had disintegrated. Hereported this to the king. The king questioned the beggar the next day aboutthis. On hearing this, the beggar requested the help from the king for a magicspell he was going to perform. The king was asked to meet him at nightfall ofthe fourteenth night of the dark moon near the cremation ground. The king did as told and found the beggar there. The beggar was drawing a magic circle and all around were the howling noises of vampires, ghosts and other nightlycreatures. The beggar asked the king to go further deep into the woods andbring the corpse, which was haging upside down on a tree.The king found the corpse for sure, but as he started lifting it and taking itdown he realised that it was possessed by a vampire. Everytime the king talked the vampire jumped back the tree. In the end, the king jumped up sliently and brought the corpse down. The vampire then started telling him a story. In the end of the story, he asked a puzzle to the king related to story. As soon as the king finished his answer, he fled back to the top of the tree. This happened 24times. But for the 25th time, the question was so tough that the king could not answer. These 25 stories are very famous in Indian literature, known as Vikram-Betaal tales. On the end of the 25th tale, the vampire cautioned the king thatthe beggar would ask him to rest on a piece of wood when he would besacrificed. In that situation the vampire asked the king to let the beggar showthe way and asked the king to get rid of the evil beggar. So did the king. And the vampire granted the king for a boon. The king requested that the storieswhichever were told to him, be told time and again in history and wherever these stories are told vampires would not dare. Hence the famous Vikram-Betaal stories.As a sample, here we present the last of the stories, which the king could notanswer. Betaal said, "Once there was a king in the South who had lot of relatives. The relatives were always hungry after the throne. So once they usurped the throne, and the king had to flee the kingdom with his wife and daughter. They travelled through dense forests. In one area which was occupied by barbarians, he adivsed his wifeand daughter to hide behind a bush while he fought the robbers but died a tragicdeath. The queen and the daughter wept for their king.In the meantime, a peasent and his son came to the forest on horses. They sawthe foorprints of the ladies, and were impressed. The son decided to marry thelady with the smaller feet while the father decided to marry the lady with thebigger feet. Upon a distance they saw the queen and the daughter. The peasenttalked smoothly with the ladies and consoled them and heard their story afterconvincing them that they were not robbers. The peasant and the son thenbrought the two ladies home and told them of the plan of marriage. Theyconsented. But alas, the bigger feet belonged to the daugher and the smallerfeet belonged to the mother. So the son married the mother and the fathermarried the daughter.Betaal then asks this question: How are the children born on both the sidesrelated to one another?Vikram was speechless as he could not get any satisfactory answer. So theBetaal could not escape this time. The stories of TALES OF KING VIKRAM AND BETAAL THE VAMPIRE is anicon of Indian storey telling.
Tales Of King Vikram And Betaal The Vampire
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Author : Vikrama VIKRAMARK
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-10-29
Tales Of King Vikram And Betaal The Vampire written by Vikrama VIKRAMARK and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-29 with categories.
The stories of TALES OF KING VIKRAM AND BETAAL THE VAMPIRE is anicon of Indian storey telling, a brain teaser. Although there are 32 stories 25are covered in Betal Panchisi. I will be sharing with you shortly, some of thestories that are available with me. I am sure, after some time my colleaguewill definitely let me know the stories which I could not lay hand and help mein endeavoring my efforts.A very famous account of human and vetal interaction is chronicled in theBetaal pachisi ('Twenty Five Tales Of The Vampire) which consist of twentyfive tales chronicling the adventures of King Vikramaditya and how his witswere pitted against a vetal a sorcerer had asked him to capture for him.Vetals have great wisdom and insight into the human soul in addition to beingable to see into the past and future and are thus very valuable acquisitions towise men.This particular vetal inhabited a tree in a crematorium/graveyard and the onlyway it could be captured was by standing still and completely silent in themiddle of the graveyard/crematorium. However, every single time the kingtried this vetal would tempt him with a story that ended in a question theanswering of which King Vikramaditya could not resist. As a result the vetalwould re-inhabit the tree and the king was left to try again.Only after relating twenty five tales does the vetal allow the king to bear himback to the sorcerer, hence the name Betaal pachisi.The vetal informs the king of the treacherous sorcerers' true intentions. Thesorcerer means to trick Vikramaditya, possessor of thirty two virtues, andsacrifice him to a Goddess which would give him control over the vetal and hiskind.The vetal advises the king to ask the sorcerer how to pay his respects to theGoddess (which the sorcerer would ask him to do and use this opportunity tosacrifice him) and behead him while he is distracted. On following the vetal'sadvice the king is blessed and granted a boon by Lord Indra. The king wishes2the sorcerer to come back to life and wishes that henceforth he would havethe help and advice of the vetal whenever he needed it.The Betaal Pansihi was originally written in Sanskrit and is said to be theinspiration for the Arabian Nights and subsequent collections of fantasticmythological tales.
Vikram And The Vampire Or Tales Of Hindu Devilry
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Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
Vikram And The Vampire Or Tales Of Hindu Devilry written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Folk literature, Hindi categories.
11 tales, translated by Burton from the Sanskrit Baital-Pachisi, or 25 Tales of a Baital, "hung on [the] thread" of the "laughable" difficulties faced by King Vikram, "the King Arthur of the East," as he and his son attempt to bring a baitel (vampire) to a magician (p. xi).
Tales Of Vikram And Betal
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Author : Mona Gupta
language : en
Publisher: Mind Melodies
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Tales Of Vikram And Betal written by Mona Gupta and has been published by Mind Melodies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The tales of King Vikram and vampire Betal have been a part of the treasury of Indian stories since centuries. While Vikram is entrusted with the task of getting Betal to a monk, the vampire is clever enough to tempt and compel the mighty king into speaking, so that he would fly back to his tree and escape the monk. This collection of Vikram and Betal stories brings before the young readers some of the most amazing tales ending with a moral.
Interesting Tales Of Vikram Betal
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Author : Pratibha Kasturia
language : en
Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
Release Date : 2017-03-01
Interesting Tales Of Vikram Betal written by Pratibha Kasturia and has been published by Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-01 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
The stories of Vikram and Betal, originally written in Sanskrit, have been an integral part of the Indian fairy tales for many centuries. Legend has it that King Vikramaditya (Vikram), the Emperor of Ujjain promises a monk to bring Betal, the vampire as a favour promised to him. The condition is that the King should bring the vampire with complete silence otherwise the vampire will fly back with corpse to the tree. As soon as Vikram attempts to fetch the corpse, the vampire starts to narrate a story. And at the end of every story, it compels King Vikram to answer his question, thus breaking his silence. The collection of Vikram and Betal stories bring before the young readers some of the most amazing tales ending with a moral. Hope the children will enjoy reading them.
Vikram And The Vampire
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Author : Richard F. Burton
language : en
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-07-16
Vikram And The Vampire written by Richard F. Burton and has been published by BoD - Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-16 with categories.
Vikram And The Vampire
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Dover Publications
Release Date : 1870
Vikram And The Vampire written by and has been published by Dover Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with Fiction categories.
11 tales, translated by Burton from the Sanskrit Baital-Pachisi, or 25 Tales of a Baital, "hung on [the] thread" of the "laughable" difficulties faced by King Vikram, "the King Arthur of the East," as he and his son attempt to bring a baitel (vampire) to a magician. Cf. Isabel Burton's "Preface" to the 1893 Memorial Ed., p. xi.
Vikram And The Vampire
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Author : Richard F. Burton
language : en
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Release Date : 2022-06-11T19:48:27Z
Vikram And The Vampire written by Richard F. Burton and has been published by Standard Ebooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-11T19:48:27Z with Fiction categories.
Baital Pachisi, also known as Vikram-Betaal, is a collection of Hindu tales featuring King Vikramaditya as the hero. Eleven of these tales were adapted from Sanskrit to English by Richard F. Burton as Vikram and the Vampire. A tantric yogi is after King Vikram’s life because of the wrongdoings of his father. He fools the brave king into bringing him Baital (a vampire) hanging from a siras tree. Baital, in turn, traps the king in an endless loop of stories. If King Vikram answers any question posed by the vampire during his storytelling, the vampire will escape back to the tree, and the king will have to start again. Will King Vikram be able to escape Baital’s trap? What doom awaits the king when finally meets his nemesis? This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
King Vikram And The Vampire
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Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton
language : en
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Release Date : 1993-02
King Vikram And The Vampire written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and has been published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-02 with History categories.
Translated by the noted Victorian Orientalist, Sir Richard F. Burton, from the original Sanskrit, these ancient Indian folk tales influenced such later works as "1001 Arabian Nights" and Boccaccio's "Decameron." First published in 1870, these stories will entertain and delight modern readers while illuminating the life and customs of classical India.
Vikram And The Vampire
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Author : Natasha Sharma
language : en
Publisher: Young Zubaan, an imprint of Zubaan
Release Date : 2015-12-22
Vikram And The Vampire written by Natasha Sharma and has been published by Young Zubaan, an imprint of Zubaan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-22 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A vampire piggybacking on a king's back while spinning stories and riddles! Poor King Vikram! Tasked by the sorcerer Shaitanish to bring him a corpse, he finds that a vampire named Betal has taken residence in it. He’ll come along only if King Vikram lends a willing ear to a series of riddling tales. There’s the one about the world’s most sensitive ladies: Queens Touchmenot, Itsratherhot and Oohmyhead. There’s the tale of the four foolish brothers Nin, Com, Poo and Oops. Each tale is crazier, funnier, madder than the last, and even if King Vikram doesn’t enjoy the journey - you sure will! The story of Vikram and Betal is over a thousand years old. See this much-loved traditional tale come alive with Priya Kuriyan’s fabulous illustrations. Published by Zubaan.