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 ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
story collection ⓘ
adaptationApproach faithful yet simplified retelling ⓘ
adaptationOf classical Sanskrit literature ⓘ
associatedWith Bengal Renaissance ⓘ
linked to: Bengali Renaissance

social reform movement in Bengal ⓘ
author Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar ⓘ
basedOn Baital Pachisi ⓘ
Sanskrit tale collection ⓘ
Vetala Panchavimshati ⓘ
linked to: Betal Panchabinsati
centralTheme ethical choices ⓘ
moral dilemmas ⓘ
riddles ⓘ
contains multiple embedded stories ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
culturalSignificance popular retelling of Vetala stories in Bengali ⓘ
educationalUse children’s reading ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ
featuresCharacter Vetala ⓘ
Vikramaditya ⓘ
genre fantasy literature ⓘ
folk tales ⓘ
frame story collection ⓘ
hasTitleInLanguage বেতাল পঞ্চবিংশতি ⓘ
linked to: Betal Panchabinsati
intendedEffect make Sanskrit classics accessible to common people ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
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 ⓘ
retoldBy Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar ⓘ
sourceWork Vetala Panchavimshati ⓘ
linked to: Betal Panchabinsati
structure series of interconnected tales ⓘ
style accessible prose ⓘ
simplified narrative ⓘ
targetAudience general readers ⓘ

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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar → notableWork → Betal Panchabinsati ⓘ
Betal Panchabinsati → basedOn → Vetala Panchavimshati ⓘ
linked to: Betal Panchabinsati
Betal Panchabinsati → hasTitleInLanguage → বেতাল পঞ্চবিংশতি ⓘ
linked to: Betal Panchabinsati
Betal Panchabinsati → sourceWork → Vetala Panchavimshati ⓘ
linked to: Betal Panchabinsati
Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay → notableWork → Betal Panchabingshati (adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Betal Panchabinsati
Hayavadana → basedOn → Vetala Panchavimshati ⓘ
linked to: Betal Panchabinsati