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Singhasan Battisi is a collection of Indian folk tales. The title literally means "thirty-two (tales) of the throne". In the frame story, the 11th century king Bhoja discovers the throne of the legendary ancient king Vikramaditya . The throne has 32 statues, who are actually apsaras that had been turned into stone due to a curse. Each of the apsaras tells Bhoja a story about the life and adventures of Vikramaditya, in order to convince him that he is not deserving of Vikramaditya's throne.

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  • Singhasan Battisi is a collection of Indian folk tales. The title literally means "thirty-two (tales) of the throne". In the frame story, the 11th century king Bhoja discovers the throne of the legendary ancient king Vikramaditya . The throne has 32 statues, who are actually apsaras that had been turned into stone due to a curse. Each of the apsaras tells Bhoja a story about the life and adventures of Vikramaditya, in order to convince him that he is not deserving of Vikramaditya's throne. The original collection, written in Sanskrit, was known as Siṃhāsana Dvātriṃśikā. Other titles for the collection include Dvātriṃśat Puttalikā ("Thirty-two Statue Stories"), Vikrāmaditya Simhāsana Dvātriṃśika ("Thirty-two Tales of the Throne of Vikramaditya"), and Vikrama Charita ("Deeds or Adventures of Vikrama"). In modern vernaculars, the collection is known as Singhasan Battisi; other transliterations of the title include Sinhasan Battisi and Simhasan Battisi. (en)
  • 『シンハーサナ・ドゥヴァートリンシカー』(サンスクリット語: सिंहासनद्वात्रिंशिका siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā)は、教訓的内容を持つ、32話からなるインドの説話集。題は日本語に訳した『獅子座三十二話』の名でも知られる(なお、「獅子座」とは玉座のことで、星座の名前ではない)。 (ja)
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  • 『シンハーサナ・ドゥヴァートリンシカー』(サンスクリット語: सिंहासनद्वात्रिंशिका siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā)は、教訓的内容を持つ、32話からなるインドの説話集。題は日本語に訳した『獅子座三十二話』の名でも知られる(なお、「獅子座」とは玉座のことで、星座の名前ではない)。 (ja)
  • Singhasan Battisi is a collection of Indian folk tales. The title literally means "thirty-two (tales) of the throne". In the frame story, the 11th century king Bhoja discovers the throne of the legendary ancient king Vikramaditya . The throne has 32 statues, who are actually apsaras that had been turned into stone due to a curse. Each of the apsaras tells Bhoja a story about the life and adventures of Vikramaditya, in order to convince him that he is not deserving of Vikramaditya's throne. (en)
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