Vetalapancavimshatika, Vetālapañcaviṃśatikā: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vetālapañcaviṃśatikā can be transliterated into English as Vetalapancavimsatika or Vetalapancavimshatika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Vetalapanchavimshatika.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVetālapañcaviṃśatikā (वेतालपञ्चविंशतिका).—[feminine] the 25 tales of the Vetāla (T. of [several] collections).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumVetālapañcaviṃśatikā (वेतालपञ्चविंशतिका) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Bd. 520 (19 tales only). Hz. 1165. See Bṛhatkathāmañjarī.
—by Jambhaladatta. Io. 3108.
—by Vallabhadāsa. Bd. 470. Io. 2239. No. 4096.
—by Śivadāsa. Ak 578. Peters. 5, 386.
Vetālapañcaviṃśatikā (वेतालपञ्चविंशतिका):—[=vetāla-pañca-viṃśatikā] [from vetāla] 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).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Vimshatika.
Full-text: Vallabhadasa, Pancavimshatika, Vallabha.
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