**** (Devanagari:**** परिशिष्ट****,**** "supplement,**** appendix****,**** remainder") are Sanskrit**** supplementary texts appended**** to**** another fixed,**** more**** ancient text**** – typically the Vedic literature**** – that**** aim to**** "tell what**** remains to**** be**** told****". These have style of sutras, but less concise. According to Max Mueller, the parisista of the Vedas, "may be considered the very last outskirts of Vedic literature, but they are Vedic in character, and it would be difficult to account for their origin at any time except the expiring moments of the Vedic age." Within the early Sanskrit texts, 18 parisishtas are mentioned, but numerous more have survived into the modern era, likely composed later. Parisista exists for each of the four Vedas. However, only the literature associated with the Atharvaveda is extensive and 74 parisishtas are known, some in the form of dialogues. The Vedic parisistas generally present rituals, ceremonies, nature of hymns, and opinions of other scholars about certain aspects of the primary text. The Atharvaveda parisishtas include omens in addition, and sections of it have survived in very corrupted form that is difficult to elucidate or interpret.

Rigveda

The 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. The Bahvricha parisishta and Sankayana parisishta are also attached to the Rigveda.

Samaveda

The , 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. A second**** short text****,**** the **** has roughly similar coverage****.****

Yajurveda

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The , ascribed**** to**** Katyayana,**** consist of**** 18**** works enumerated**** self****-referentially in**** the fifth of**** the series**** (the**** Shakha****): Six other works of**** parisista character are also**** traditionally ascribed**** to****,**** including a work**** of**** identical name**** but different contents****.**** How many of these 24 are actually due to is dubious; in all probability, they were composed by different authors at different times, with the and the being among the latest as they mention the others.

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The Yajurveda has 3 parisistas:

Atharvaveda

For the Atharvaveda, there are 79 works, collected as 72 distinctly named parisistas.