<p>I have heard about are couple of places in the Vinaya which discusses situations involving reanimated corpses. I want to find the exact locations and reference. Also are there any other in the Tipitaka and / or Commentaries this appear?</p>

<p>In addition,  p252, <a href="http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs20/Imperial_Gazetteer_of_India-Vol.02-1909-to-s.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA THE INDIAN EMPIRE VOL II HISTORICAL</a> mentions:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A collection of pretty and ingenious fairy-tales is the Vetala pancha vimsati,
  or ' Twenty-five Tales of the Goblin,' stories
  supposed to be told to king Vikrama of Ujjayini by a demon
  inhabiting a corpse. They are known to English readers from
  Sir Richard Burton's Vikram and the Vampire. Another
  collection of fairy-tales is the Simhasana-dvatrimsika, or ' Thirty two
  Stories of the Lion-seat,' supposed to be told to king
  Vikrama by his throne. <strong>Both these works are of Buddhistic
  origin.</strong> To the same class belongs the Suka-saptati, or
  ' Seventy Stories of a Parrot,' represented as narrated to a wife
  whose husband is away on his travels. </p>
</blockquote>

<p>In which Buddhist text does this appear?</p>

<p>Particularly is there references to such in the Vinaya and commentaries or sub commentaries.</p>

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Where in the Pali Canon are there Discussions on Reanimated Corpse?
# Where in the Pali Canon are there Discussions on Reanimated Corpse?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-11-19)

I have heard about are couple of places in the Vinaya which discusses situations involving reanimated corpses. I want to find the exact locations and reference. Also are there any other in the Tipitaka and / or Commentaries this appear?

In addition, p252, [THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA THE INDIAN EMPIRE VOL II HISTORICAL](http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs20/Imperial_Gazetteer_of_India-Vol.02-1909-to-s.pdf) mentions:

> A collection of pretty and ingenious fairy-tales is the Vetala pancha vimsati,
> or ' Twenty-five Tales of the Goblin,' stories
> supposed to be told to king Vikrama of Ujjayini by a demon
> inhabiting a corpse. They are known to English readers from
> Sir Richard Burton's Vikram and the Vampire. Another
> collection of fairy-tales is the Simhasana-dvatrimsika, or ' Thirty two
> Stories of the Lion-seat,' supposed to be told to king
> Vikrama by his throne. **Both these works are of Buddhistic
> origin.** To the same class belongs the Suka-saptati, or
> ' Seventy Stories of a Parrot,' represented as narrated to a wife
> whose husband is away on his travels.

In which Buddhist text does this appear?

Particularly is there references to such in the Vinaya and commentaries or sub commentaries.

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