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Vikramacarita (BR)
Part No. 39
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Chapter: S31 
31. Story of the Thirty-first Statuette
Vikrama and the vampire (vetāla)

Brief Recension of 31


Paragraph: 1 
Line: 1    *punaḥ putrikayo 'ktam: rājann ākarṇaya.
Line: 2    rājā rājyaṃ kurvann ekadā yogine tuṣṭaḥ: bʰagavan, yad iṣṭam, tad yācyatām.
Line: 3    teno 'ktam: ahaṃ havanaṃ karomi; tatra tvayo 'ttarasādʰakena bʰāvyam. tato
Line: 4    yoginā rājā tuṣṇīṃbʰūya vetālānayanāya preṣitaḥ. tato vetalo rājānam bʰāṣayitum
Line: 5    upāyaṃ karoti. rājā yadā vadati, tadā vetālaḥ punar api yāti. evaṃ pañcavim̐śati/vārān
Line: 6    kr̥tvā gatāgataṃ kurvann api viṣādaṃ na yāti. tad dr̥ṣṭvā vetālaḥ prasanno
Line: 7    jātaḥ; rājñe 'ṣṭamahāsiddʰayo dattāḥ. ākārito mama samīpam āgaccʰe 'ti varo
Line: 8    yācitaḥ.
Line: 9    putrikayo 'ktam: rājann īdr̥śam audāryaṃ yasya bʰavati, tenā 'tro 'paveṣṭavyam.

Line: 10    iti ekatrim̐śattamī katʰā




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