Khila Suktas (खिलसूक्तानि)

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The Khilani are a collection of 98 "apocryphal" hymns of the Rigveda, recorded in the Shakala shakha. They are late additions to the text of the Rigveda, but still belong to the "Mantra" period of Vedic Sanskrit.[1]

References

  1. Usha R. Bhise, The Khila Suktas of the Rgveda: A Study, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona, 1995