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Vikram and the Vampire
章节(16)
- Epigraph 0:00
- Dedication 0:33
- Preface 0:46
- Introduction 17:11
- The Vampire’s First Story 1:34:45
- The Vampire’s Second Story 2:40:10
- The Vampire’s Third Story 3:48:58
- The Vampire’s Fourth Story 4:12:33
- The Vampire’s Fifth Story 4:27:57
- The Vampire’s Sixth Story 4:58:40
- The Vampire’s Seventh Story 5:26:55
- The Vampire’s Eighth Story 6:08:29
- The Vampire’s Ninth Story 6:51:57
- The Vampire’s Tenth Story 7:17:43
- The Vampire’s Eleventh Story 7:23:36
- Conclusion 7:49:48
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?