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The baital is a vampire in India / Hindu mythology. It looks like a huge bat that hangs in trees. The Baital-Pachisi, or 25 Tales of a Baital, is the history of a huge bat, vampire, or evil spirit which inhabited and animated dead bodies. It is an old legend written in Sanskrit.

Reference

Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0500510881) by Anna L. Dallapiccola

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