PTS Pali-English dictionary - The Pali Text Society's Pali-English dictionary
Vetāla
Vetāla,at D.I,6 (in the lists of forbidden crafts) refers to some magic art.The proper meaning of the word was already unknown when Bdhgh at DA.I,84 explained it as “ghana-tāḷaṁ” (cymbal beating) with remark “mantena mata-sarīr’uṭṭhāpanan ti eke” (some take it to be raising the dead by magic charms).Rh.D.at Dial.I.8 translates “chanting of bards” (cp.vetālika).It is of dialectical origin.(Page 647)
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