The Vedic parisistas generally present rituals, ceremonies, nature of hymns, and opinions of other scholars about certain aspects of the primary text.
[4] The Atharvaveda parisishtas include omens in addition, and sections of it have survived in very corrupted form that is difficult to elucidate or interpret.
[4] The Gobhila Gṛhya Pariśiṣṭa,[7] ascribed to Gobhilaputra, is a concise metrical text of two chapters, with 113 and 95 verses respectively.
The second chapter deals mainly with major domestic rites such as matrimony or Shrāddha (communication with ancestral beings).
How many of these 24 are actually due to Kātyāyana is dubious; in all probability, they were composed by different authors at different times, with the Pratijña and the Caraṇavyūha being among the latest as they mention the others.