The Vampire's First Story. In Which A M : THE VAMPIRE'S FIRST STORY. IN WHICH A MAN DECEIVES A WOMAN. In Benares once reigned a mighty prince, by name Pratapamukut, to whose eighth son Vajramukut happened the strangest adventure. One morning, the young man, accompanied by the son of his father's pradhan or prime minister, rode out hunting...
The Vampire's Ninth Story. Showing Th : THE VAMPIRE'S NINTH STORY. SHOWING THAT A MAN'S WIFE BELONGS NOT TO HIS BODY BUT TO HIS HEAD. Far and wide through the lovely land overrun by the Arya from the Western Highlands spread the fame of Unmadini, the beautiful daughter of Haridas the Brahman. In the numberless odes, sonnets...
The Vampire's Sixth Story. In Which Three : THE VAMPIRE'S SIXTH STORY. IN WHICH THREE MEN DISPUTE ABOUT A WOMAN. On the lovely banks of Jumna's stream there was a city known as Dharmasthal--the Place of Duty; and therein dwelt a certain Brahman called Keshav. He was a very pious man, in the constant habit of performing penance and worship...
The Vampire's Second Story. Of The Relative : THE VAMPIRE'S SECOND STORY. OF THE RELATIVE VILLANY OF MEN AND WOMEN. In the great city of Bhogavati dwelt, once upon a time, a young prince, concerning whom I may say that he strikingly resembled this amiable son of your majesty. Raja Vikram was silent, nor did he acknowledge the Baital's indirect...
The Vampire's Fifth Story. Of The Thief Who : THE VAMPIRE'S FIFTH STORY. OF THE THIEF WHO LAUGHED AND WEPT. Your majesty (quoth the demon, with unusual politeness), there is a country called Malaya, on the western coast of the land of Bharat--you see that I am particular in specifying the place--and in it was a city known as Chandrodaya, whose...
The Vampire's Tenth Story. Of The Marvellous : THE VAMPIRE'S TENTH STORY.[168] OF THE MARVELLOUS DELICACY OF THREE QUEENS. The Baital said, O king, in the Gaur country, Vardhman by name, there is a city, and one called Gunshekhar was the Raja of that land. His minister was one Abhaichand, a Jain, by whose teachings the king also came ...
The Vampire's Eleventh Story. Which Puzzles : THE VAMPIRE'S ELEVENTH STORY. WHICH PUZZLES RAJA VIKRAM. There is a queer time coming, O Raja Vikram!--a queer time coming (said the Vampire), a queer time coming. Elderly people like you talk abundantly about the good old days that were, and about the degeneracy of the days that are. I wonder wh...
Conclusion : CONCLUSION. At Raja Vikram's silence the Baital was greatly surprised, and he praised the royal courage and resolution to the skies. Still he did not give up the contest at once. "Allow me, great king," pursued the Demon, in a dry tone of voice, "to wish you joy. After so many failures you have...
Introduction : INTRODUCTION The sage Bhavabhuti--Eastern teller of these tales--after making his initiatory and propitiatory conge to Ganesha, Lord of Incepts, informs the reader that this book is a string of fine pearls to be hung round the neck of human intelligence; a fragrant flower to be borne on the turb...
The Vampire's Eighth Story. Of The Use : THE VAMPIRE'S EIGHTH STORY. OF THE USE AND MISUSE OF MAGIC PILLS. The lady Chandraprabha, daughter of the Raja Subichar, was a particularly beautiful girl, and marriage-able withal. One day as Vasanta, the Spring, began to assert its reign over the world, animate and inanimate, she went accompanied...
The Vampire's Third Story. Of A High Minded Family : THE VAMPIRE'S THIRD STORY. OF A HIGH-MINDED FAMILY. In the venerable city of Bardwan, O warrior king! (quoth the Vampire) during the reign of the mighty Rupsen, flourished one Rajeshwar, a Rajput warrior of distinguished fame. By his valour and conduct he had risen from the lowest ranks of the army...
Preface : PREFACE The Baital-Pachisi, or Twenty-five Tales of a Baital is the history of a huge Bat, Vampire, or Evil Spirit which inhabited and animated dead bodies. It is an old, and thoroughly Hindu, Legend composed in Sanskrit, and is the germ which culminated in the Arabian Nights, and which inspired...
The Vampire's Fourth Story. Of A Woman Who : THE VAMPIRE'S FOURTH STORY. OF A WOMAN WHO TOLD THE TRUTH. "Listen, great king!" again began the Baital. An unimportant Baniya[87] (trader), Hiranyadatt, had a daughter, whose name was Madansena Sundari, the beautiful army of Cupid. Her face was like the moon; her hair like the clouds; her eyes...
Preface To The First Edition : PREFACE TO THE FIRST (1870) EDITION. "THE genius of Eastern nations," says an established and respectable authority, "was, from the earliest times, much turned towards invention and the love of fiction. The Indians, the Persians, and the Arabians, were all famous for their fables. Amongst...
The Vampire's Seventh Story. Showing : THE VAMPIRE'S SEVENTH STORY. SHOWING THE EXCEEDING FOLLY OF MANY WISE FOOLS. The Baital resumed. Of all the learned Brahmans in the learnedest university of Gaur (Bengal) none was so celebrated as Vishnu Swami. He could write verse as well as prose in dead languages, not very correctly, but still...
Footnotes : FOOTNOTES Metamorphoseon, seu de Asino Aureo, libri Xl. The well known and beautiful episode is in the fourth. the fifth, and the sixth books. This ceremony will be explained in a future page. A common exclamation of sorrow, surprise, fear, and other emotions. It is especially used by women. Quoted...
Title Page : VIKRAM AND THE VAMPIRE BY SIR RICHARD R. BURTON Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance Edited by his Wife Isabel Burton "Les fables, loin de grandir les hommes, la Nature et Dieu, rapetssent tout." Lamartine (Milton) "One who had eyes saw it; the blind will not understand it. A poet...
