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The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story

(Vetála 8.)

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Somadeva Bhatta, active 11th century and Tawney, C. H. (Charles Henry)
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Then king Trivikramasena returned to the aśoka-tree, and again caught the Vetála, and put him on his shoulder, and set out with him. And as he was going along, the Vetála again said to him from his shoulder, “King, in order that you may forget your toil, listen to this question of mine.”

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The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story, Project Gutenberg eBook #40588

Story of the king who married his dependent to the Nereid. Story of the three fastidious men.