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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उच्छिष्टucchiṣṭap. p.Left as a remainder
1. Left as a remainder
2. Rejected, abandoned; अन्denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied R.12.15.
3. Stale; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकल्पना stale idea or invention.
4. Unholy, impure; उच्छिष्टं तु यवक्रीतम- पकृष्टकमण्डलुम् Mb.3.136.14.
5. (Used actively). One who has not washed his mouth and hands after meals, and hence considered impure; न चोच्छिष्टः क्वचिद् व्रजेत् Ms.2.56;
Derived forms and compounds
- -ष्टम्
  
  Leaving, fragments remainder, (especially of food or sacrifice); उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यम् Bg.17.1; नोच्छिष्टं कस्यचिद्दद्यात् Ms.2.56.; so द्विजdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, गृध्रdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied.
  
  Honey.
- -अन्नम् leavings, offal.
- -गणपतिः (or गणेशः) (opposed to शुद्ध गणपति) Gaṇesa as worshipped by the उच्छिष्टs (or men who leave the remains of their food in their mouth during prayer).
- -चाण्डालिनी a form of the goddess मातङ्गी.
- -भोजन, -भोजिन्, -भोक्तृ Adjective one who eats the leavings of another or eats the leavings of offerings to gods (as an attendant upon an idol). चिकित्सिकस्य क्रूरस्योच्छिष्टभोजिनः Ms.4.212.
- -भोजनम् eating the leavings of another.
- -मोदनम् Wax.
In the Gita17·10

उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम् ॥

ucchiṣṭamapi cāmedhyaṁ bhojanaṁ tāmasapriyam. — The tamasic temperament takes a perverse pleasure in cold, impure, stale, rotten or tasteless food or even accepts like the animals the remnants… 17·10
- उच्छिष्टम्ucchiṣṭamnominative singular of the neuter form of the adjective ucchiṣṭa (polluted, the remnants half-eaten by others).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

उच्छिष्टucchiṣṭa[úk-khishta] pp. (√sish) left over; having a remnant of food (in the mouth or hands), ritually impure; n.…

[úk-khishta] perfect passive participle (√sish) left over; having a remnant of food (in the mouth or hands), ritually impure; neuter remnant, leavings (especially of a sacrifice or of food): -tâ, feminine; also equal for im purity; condition of a remnant: -m nî,Equivalent toal most entirely devour; - ͜ asana, neuter eating of remnants.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उच्छिष्टucchiṣṭamfn. left, rejected, stale
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective left, rejected, stale
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective spit out of the mouth (as remnants of food) TS. ChUp. S3Br. MBh. Ya1jn5. etc.
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective one who has still the remains of food in the mouth or hands, one who has not washed his hands and mouth and therefore is considered impure, impure Gaut. Mn.
4. neuter gender that which is spit out
5. neuter gender leavings, fragments, remainder (especially of a sacrifice or of food) AV. S3Br. Ka1tyS3r. Mn. A1s3vGr2. etc.
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उच्छिष्टकल्पनाucchiṣṭakalpanāf. a stale invention.

feminine a stale invention.

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उच्छिष्टगणपतिucchiṣṭagaṇapatim. (opposed to शुद्ध-गणपति), Gan2es3a गणेश as worshipped by the Ucchisht2as उच्छिष्ट s (or men who leave the…

masculine gender (opposed to शुद्ध-गणपति), Gan2es3a गणेश as worshipped by the Ucchisht2as उच्छिष्ट s (or men who leave the remains of food in their mouth during prayer) Tantras. etc.

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उच्छिष्टगणेशucchiṣṭagaṇeśam. (opposed to शुद्ध-गणपति), Gan2es3a गणेश as worshipped by the Ucchisht2as उच्छिष्ट s (or men who leave the…

masculine gender (opposed to शुद्ध-गणपति), Gan2es3a गणेश as worshipped by the Ucchisht2as उच्छिष्ट s (or men who leave the remains of food in their mouth during prayer) Tantras. etc.

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उच्छिष्टचाण्डालिनीucchiṣṭacāṇḍālinīf. N. of a goddess Tantras.

feminine Name of a goddess Tantras.

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उच्छिष्टताucchiṣṭatāf. the being left, state of being a remnant or remainder Comm. on Mn. Pan5cat.

feminine the being left, state of being a remnant or remainder commentator or commentary on Mn. Pan5cat.

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उच्छिष्टत्वucchiṣṭatvan. the being left, state of being a remnant or remainder Comm. on Mn. Pan5cat.

neuter gender the being left, state of being a remnant or remainder commentator or commentary on Mn. Pan5cat.

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उच्छिष्टभाज्ucchiṣṭabhājmfn. receiving the remainder Gobh. iv, 3, 28.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective receiving the remainder Gobh. iv, 3, 28.

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