Among the many tales popular in India, one collection of stories has been existing not only in Sanskrit, but also in almost all venaculars. This is the Baital Pachchisi, or Twenty Five Tales of a Demon (or Sprite). They are narrated by the sprite, who haunts the cemeteries, to Vikram, the king of Oojein. John Platts is among the first six to translate this collection into English from the original Sanskrit.
