Several English translations exist, based on Sanskrit recensions and on Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi versions. The Vetala stories are popular in India and have been translated into many Indian vernaculars. The two other major recensions in Sanskrit are those by Śivadāsa and Jambhaladatta. This recension comprises in fact twenty-four tales, the frame narrative itself being the twenty-fifth. One of its oldest recensions is found in the 12th Book of the Kathasaritsagara ("Ocean of the Streams of Story"), a work in Sanskrit compiled in the 11th century by Somadeva, but based on yet older materials, now lost. It is also known as internationally Vikram-Betaal. Vetala Panchavimshati ( Sanskrit: वेतालपञ्चविंशति, IAST: vetālapañcaviṃśati) or Baital Pachisi (" Twenty-five (tales) of Baital"), is a collection of tales and legends within a frame story, from India. Ernest Griset's depiction of Vikram and the Baital in Richard Francis Burton's 1870 retelling of the story.
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