[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1333 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1333 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1333 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1333](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1333) PARISISHTA. A supplement or appendix. A series of works called Parisishtas belong to the Vedic period, but they are the last of the series, and indicate a transition state. They "supply information on theological or ceremonial points which had been passed over in the Sūtras, and they treat everything in a popular and superficial manner, as if the time was gone when students would spend ten or twenty years of their lives in fathoming the mysteries and mastering the intricacies of the Brāhmana literature."—Max Müller. - [Previous: c5.1332](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1332) - [Next: c5.1334](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1334) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1333](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1333) · Pramāṇa