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'''{{IAST|Pariśiṣṭa}}''' ([[Devanagari]]: परिशिष्ट, "supplement, appendix") is the term applied to various ancillary works of [[Veda|Vedic]] literature dealing with details and elaborations not covered in the texts logically and chronologically prior to them: the [[Samhita]]s, [[Brahmana]]s, [[Aranyaka]]s and [[Kalpa (Vedanga)|Sutras]].

Parisista works exist for each of the four Vedas.  However, only the literature associated with the [[Atharvaveda]] is extensive.

==Rigveda==
The '''{{IAST|Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Pariśiṣṭa}}''' is a very late text associated with the [[Rigveda]] canon.  It is a short text of three chapters expanding on domestic rites such as the daily ''[[sandhyopāsana]]'' and rites of passage such as marriage and ''śrāddha''.<ref>Modak 1993, p.189</ref>

==Samaveda==
The '''{{IAST|Gobhila Gṛhya Pariśiṣṭa}}''',<ref>Also known as the ''{{IAST|Gṛhyasaṃgraha}}''</ref>  ascribed to Gobhilaputra, is a concise metrical text of two chapters, with 113 and 95 verses respectively.  Its subjects are covered in a manner clear to those who understand Vedic Sanskrit.  The first chapter deals with physical aspects of  sacred cosmic rituals e.g. names of the 37 types of sacred fires, the rules and measurements for the firewood, preparation of the holy site and the timings of each cosmic activity.  The second chapter deals mainly with major domestic rites such as matrimony or ''Shrāddha'' (communication with ancestral beings).  Noteworthy are injunctions such as that a girl should be given away in marriage before she attains puberty.<ref name="Modak 1993, p.190">Modak 1993, p.190</ref>

A second short text, the '''{{IAST|Chāndogya Pariśiṣṭa}}'''<ref>also known as the ''Karmapradīpika''</ref> has roughly similar coverage.<ref>Modak 1993, p.201</ref>

==Yajurveda==

==={{IAST |Śukla}} (White)===
The '''{{IAST|Kātiya Pariśiṣṭas}}''', ascribed to [[Katyayana|{{IAST|Kātyāyana}}]], consist of 18 works enumerated self-referentially in the fifth of the series (the [[Shakha|{{IAST|Caraṇavyūha}}]]):<ref>(II.4): Kashikar 1994, p.6; Modak 1993, p.190</ref> Six other works of parisista character are also traditionally ascribed to {{IAST |Kātyāyana}}, including a work of identical name ({{IAST|Pratijña}}) but different contents. How many of these 24 are actually due to {{IAST|Kātyāyana}} is dubious; in all probability, they were composed by different authors at different times, with the {{IAST|Pratijña}} and the {{IAST|Caraṇavyūha}} being among the latest as they mention the others.<ref>Kashikar 1994, p.8; Chakrabarti(2004), pp.92-94</ref>

{|class="wikitable"! Scope<ref>Kashikar 1994,p.7-8</ref> !! Books
|-
| Form and language of the {{IAST|Saṃhitā}} || {{IAST|Pratijña}}&nbsp;I(''3''), {{IAST|Anuvākasaṃkhya}}(''4''), {{IAST|Caraṇavyūha}}(''5''), {{IAST|Ṛgyajuṣa}}(''8''), {{IAST|Pārṣada}}(''9''), {{IAST|Pratijña}}&nbsp;II, {{IAST|Sarvānukrama}}, {{IAST|Yājñavalkyaśikṣā}}
|-
| {{IAST|Śrauta}} rituals || {{IAST|Yūpalakṣaṇa}}(''1''), {{IAST|Chāgalakṣaṇa}}(''2''), {{IAST|Śulba}}(''7''), {{IAST|Iṣṭakāpūraṇa}}(''10''), {{IAST|Pravarādhyāya}}(''11''), {{IAST|Mūlyādhyāya}}(''12''), {{IAST|Hautrika}}(''16''), {{IAST|Kūrmalakṣaṇa}}(''18''), {{IAST|Kratusaṁkhyā}}
|-
| {{IAST|Śrauta}} and {{IAST|Gṛhya}} || {{IAST|Nigama}}(''14''), {{IAST|Yajñapārśva}}(''15''), {{IAST|Mantrabhrāntihara Sūtra}}
|- 
| {{IAST|Gṛhya}} rituals || {{IAST|Śrāddhasūtra}}(''6''), {{IAST|Uñchaśāstra}}{''13''), {{IAST|Śuklayajurvidhāna}}
|-
| {{IAST|Dharmaśāstra}} || {{IAST|Prasavotthāna}}(''17'')
|}

==={{IAST|Kṛṣṇa}} (Black)===
The {{IAST|Kṛṣṇa}} [[Yajurveda]] has 3 parisistas:<ref name="Modak 1993, p.190"/>  
* The '''{{IAST|Āpastamba Hautra Pariśiṣṭa}}''', which is also found as the second ''praśna'' of the ''{{IAST|Satyasāḍha Śrauta Sūtra}}'', specifies the duties of the {{IAST|Hotṛ}} priest in ''haviryajñas'' other than the ''{{IAST|darśapūrṇmāsa}}'' (New and Full Moon sacrifice).
* The '''{{IAST|Vārāha Śrauta Sūtra Pariśiṣṭa}}'''.
* The '''{{IAST|Kātyāyana Śrauta Sūtra Pariśiṣṭa}}'''.

==Atharvaveda==
For the Atharvaveda, there are 79 works, collected as 72 distinctly named parisistas.<ref>Modak 1993, p.191</ref>

{|class="wikitable"! Book !! Coverage
|-
| 1 || Lore of the constellations
|-
| 2-19 || Royal ceremonies
|-
| 20-33 || Ritual
|- 
| 34-36 || Magic
|-
| 37-40 || Ritual
|-
| 41-44 || Religious observances
|-
| 45-46 || Ritual
|-
| 47-48 || Phonetics and Lexicography
|-
| 49 || Vedic conspectus (the [[Shakha|{{IAST|Caraṇavyūha}}]])
|-
| 50-72 || Omens
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
* BR Modak, ''The Ancillary Literature of the Atharva-Veda'', New Delhi, Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan, 1993, ISBN 81-215-0607-7
* CG Kashikar, ''A Survey of the {{IAST|Śukla Yajurveda Pariśiṣṭas}}'', Poona, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (Post-Graduate and Research Dept. Series #38), 1994
* SC Chakrabarti,  "''A Survey of the {{IAST |Śuklayajurveda}} {{IAST |Pariśiṣṭas}}'' by C.G. Kashikar", ''Journal of the Asiatic Society'', Vol.XLVI, no.3, Kolkata, 2004, {{ISSN|0368-3303}}

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