वेताल 1 A kind of ghost, a goblin, vampire; particularly a ghost occupying a dead body; नाह- मात्मनाशाय वेतालोत्थापनं करिष्यामि ‘I shall not raise a devil for my own destruction’; Māl. 5. 23, Śi. 20. 60. 2 A door-keeper.