Betal Panchabingshati (Twenty-five Tales of the Vetala) is a translation of a Sanskrit text, where a ghost tells King Vikramaditya twenty-five puzzling stories, each ending with a riddle that tests the king's judgment.
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar was a Bengali polymath, educator, and social reformer who revolutionized Bengali literature through his prose writing style, and relentlessly championed Hindu personal law reformation.
