vetālapaẏcaviṃṣati | वेतालपय़्चविंषति | vetAlapaYcaviMSati
vetāla—paẏca-viṃṣati | वेताल—पय़्च-विंषति | or vetāla—paẏca-viṃṣa˚tikā | वेताल—पय़्च-विंष˚तिका |, 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).