Betal Panchabinsati
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Betal Panchabinsati is a Bengali adaptation of the classic Sanskrit tale collection "Vetala Panchavimshati," retold in accessible prose by reformer and writer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengali prose adaptation
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literary work ⓘ story collection ⓘ |
| adaptationApproach | faithful yet simplified retelling ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | classical Sanskrit literature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bengal Renaissance
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social reform movement in Bengal ⓘ |
| author | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Baital Pachisi
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Sanskrit tale collection ⓘ Vetala Panchavimshati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
ethical choices
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moral dilemmas ⓘ riddles ⓘ |
| contains | multiple embedded stories ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | popular retelling of Vetala stories in Bengali ⓘ |
| educationalUse |
children’s reading
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moral instruction ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Vetala
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Vikramaditya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy literature
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folk tales ⓘ frame story collection ⓘ |
| hasTitleInLanguage | বেতাল পঞ্চবিংশতি NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | make Sanskrit classics accessible to common people ⓘ |
| language | Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryDevice | story within a story ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century Bengali literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Bengali literature ⓘ |
| moralFramework | Hindu ethical concepts ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor | bringing classical Vetala tales to Bengali readers ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfSource | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| questionAnswerPattern | riddle posed at end of each tale ⓘ |
| region | Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retoldBy | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWork | Vetala Panchavimshati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | series of interconnected tales ⓘ |
| style |
accessible prose
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simplified narrative ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general readers ⓘ |
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