Vetala Bhatta was a Sanskrit author from ancient India. He is known to have attributed the work of the sixteen stanza "Niti-pradeepa"^[1] (Niti-pradīpa, literally, the lamp of conduct). He is included among the legendary Navaratnas (group of nine scholars) of Vikramaditya's court. Some historians has also mentioned him as the magician of Chandra Gupta’s court. There are also many legends about him told as a stories of Vikram-Vetal. ( Vikram here is referred to Chandra Gupta 2 as he was titled Vikramaditya)