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Vikram and the Vampire : Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance, Paperback / softback Book

Vikram and the Vampire : Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance Paperback / softback

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Vikram and the Vampire is a collection of tales and legends within a frame story, from India. It was originally written in Sanskrit.

One of its oldest recensions is found in the 12th Book of the Kathasaritsagara ("Ocean of the Streams of Story"), a work in Sanskrit compiled in the 11th century by Somadeva, but based on yet older materials, now lost. This recension comprises in fact twenty-four tales, the frame narrative itself being the twenty-fifth. The two other major recensions in Sanskrit are those by Sivadasa and Jambhaladatta.

The Vetala stories are popular in India and have been translated into many Indian vernaculars. Several English translations exist, based on Sanskrit recensions and on Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi versions. Probably best-known English version is that of Sir Richard Francis Burton which is, however, not a translation but a very free adaptation.

 

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