Apocrypha

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Apocrypha are works of unknown authorship or of doubtful origin.[1]

This term was originally used in relation to Christian texts. In Buddhism, the term is used generally to refer to works of unknown or uncertain origin.

The Paracanonical texts of the Pali tradition are sometimes referred to as apocrypha.

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  1. ↑ Little, Williams. Onions, C.T., editors (1955). The Oxford Universal Dictionary. Oxford University Press.