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mThe '''Khilani''' are a collection of 98 "[[apocryphal]]" hymns of the [[Rigveda]], recorded in the ''{{IAST|Bāṣkala}}'', but not in the ''{{IAST|Śākala}}'' [[shakha]]. They are late additions to the text of the Rigveda, but still belong to the "Mantra" period of [[Vedic Sanskrit]].
==Literature==
*Isidor Scheftelowitz, ''Die Apokryphen des Rgveda'', Breslau, 1906 [http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/ind/aind/ved/rv/rvkh/rvkh.htm ]
*Usha R. Bhise, ''The Khila Suktas of the Rgveda: A Study'', [[Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute]], Poona, 1995
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