The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite

Name: The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite
Author: Lallu Lal

by Lallu Lal, John T. (John Thompson) Platts, active 1805 Mazhar Ali Khan Vila

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The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite Translated From the Hindi Text of Dr. Duncan Forbes

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive

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2017-05-10

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Public domain in the USA.

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Tales -- India Vampires -- India -- Folklore

About the authors

Lallu Lal

1763–1825

Remembered as one of the early builders of modern Hindi prose, he helped shape a literary language that could reach new readers in North India. His best-known work, Prem Sagar, became especially influential for its retelling of Krishna stories in clear, accessible prose.

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John T. (John Thompson) Platts

1830–1904

A British scholar of Persian, Urdu, and Hindustani, he spent years teaching in India before becoming Oxford’s teacher of Persian. His grammars and dictionaries helped generations of students approach South Asian languages with more confidence.

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active 1805 Mazhar Ali Khan Vila

An early nineteenth-century scholar associated with Fort William College, he is linked to the formative world of Urdu and Hindustani prose. He is best known today through classic story collections such as The Baital Pachisi, where older Indian tales were reshaped for new readers.

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