![]() ![]() The first stratum is the most commonly attested and is usually appended to the Fifth Mandala of Rigveda. The third stratum, with verses beginning from number 23, similarly overlaps with the second version. Scheftelowitz, stratum 1 consists of verses 1–19 (with verses 3–12 addressed to the goddess Śri and 1–2 and 13–17 to Lakṣmī), while the second stratum has verses 16–29 (i.e., the second version deletes verses 16–19 of the first). These were late additions to the Rigveda, found only in the Bāṣkala śākhā, and the hymn exists in several strata that differ both in content and period of composition. The Śrī Sūkta forms part of the khilanis or appendices to the Rigveda. This hymn is found in the Rig Vedic khilanis, which are appendices to the Rigveda that date to pre-Buddhist times. Śrī Sūkta is recited, with a strict adherence to the Chandas, to receive the goddess' blessings. Śrī Sūkta, also called Śrī Sūktam, is evidently the earliest Sanskrit devotional hymn (set of shlokas Śloka-s), revering Śrī as Lakṣmī, the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity and fertility.
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