The Stories
The name 'Betaal Pachisi' suggests the Betaal told the King 25 stories ('Pachisi' is derived from 'Pacchis' in Hindi, which means 'twenty-five'), each narrated while Vikramaditya is carrying Betaal to the mendicant, whereof each ended with a moral question answered by Vikramaditya.
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