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The VIKRAM And THE VAMPIRE or Tales of Hindu Devilry book Is another old Hindu story-book relates, in the popular fairy-book style, the wondrous adventures of the hero and demigod, the great Gandharba-Sena. That son of Indra, who was also the father of Vikramajit, the subject of this and another collection offended the ruler of the firmament by his fondness for a certain nymph, and was doomed to wander over the earth under the form of a donkey. Through the interposition of the gods, however, he was permitted to become a man during the hours of darkness, thus comparing with the English legend. Read more