Parisista

IAST|Pariśiṣṭa (Devanagari: परिशिष्ट, "supplement, appendix") is the term applied to various ancillary works of Vedic literature, dealing mainly with details of ritual and elaborations of the texts logically and chronologically prior to them: the Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Sutras. Naturally classified with the Veda to which each pertains, 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". [Modak 1993, p.189]

amaveda

The IAST|Gobhila Gṛhya Pariśiṣṭa, [Also known as the "IAST|Gṛhyasaṃgraha"] ascribed to Gobhilaputra, is a short metrical text of two chapters, with 113 and 95 verses respectively. Its subjects are covered in a fragmentary manner. The first chapter deals with sundry aspects of the sacrificial ritual such the names of the 37 different kinds of sacrificial fires, the rules and measurements for the firesticks, preparation of the sacrificial ground, and times for various offerings. The second chapter deals mainly with major domestic rites such as the marriage ceremony and "śrāddha". Noteworthy are injunctions such as that a girl should be given away in marriage before she attains puberty. [Modak 1993, p.190]

A second short text, the IAST|Chāndogya Pariśiṣṭa [also known as the "Karmapradīpika"] has roughly similar coverage. [Modak 1993, p.201]

Yajurveda

IAST |Śukla (White)

The IAST|Kātiya Pariśiṣṭas, ascribed to IAST|Kātyāyana, consist of 18 works enumerated self-referentially in the fifth of the series (the IAST|Caraṇavyūha): [(II.4): Kashikar 1994, p.6; Modak 1993, p.190] 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. [Kashikar 1994, p.8; Chakrabarti(2004), pp.92-94]

IAST|Kṛṣṇa (Black)

The IAST|Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda has 3 parisistas: [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. [Modak 1993, p.191]

Notes

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 0368-3308