Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c12.15

c12.15

**Other Supplementary Studies.** There were also other minor subjects of study developed during this period. The Sūtras had their supplements called *Pariśishṭas* which form an extensive literature. There were also developed for the proper understanding of the sacrificial ceremonial special types of literature called *Prayogas* or Manuals which describe the course of each sacrifice and the functions of the different classes of priests with reference to its practical performance and *Paddhatis* or Guides which follow the systematic accounts of the Sūtras and sketch their contents. There were also versified accounts of the ritual called *Kārikās*. There were further the *Anukramaṇīs* or Vedic Indices giving lists of hymns, the authors, the metres, and the deities in the order in which they occur in the various Saṁhitās.