(Vetála 17.)
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Somadeva Bhatta, active 11th century and Tawney, C. H. (Charles Henry)
Then the brave king Trivikramasena went back once more to the aśoka-tree, and taking the Vetála from it, carried him off on his shoulder. And when he had set out, the Vetála said to him from his perch on his shoulder, “Listen, king; to cheer your toil, I will tell you the following tale.”