उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa) is a Sanskrit word meaning left, rejected, or stale, spit out from the mouth, that which is spit out, leavings, fragments, or remainder, left as a remainder, rejected, abandoned. Its 20 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Adjective: Leftover, Rejected, Stale, Noun: Leavings, Remnants, Ritually Impure Person.
उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa) [Printed book page 0287-c] उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa)p. p. 1 Left as a remainder
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Rejected, abandoned
उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa) [Printed book page 0287-c] उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa)p. p. 2 Rejected, abandoned; अन् (an)° (°)Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 12. 15.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
stale
उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa) [Printed book page 0287-c] उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa)p. p. 3 Stale; °कल्पना (°kalpanā) stale idea or invention.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Left over. 2. Ritually impure from leftover food. 3. A remnant or leavings.
उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa) [Printed book page 048-2] उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa) úc-chiṣṭa, pp. (√śiṣ) left over; having a remnent of food (in the mouth or hands), ritually impure; n. remnant, leavings (esp.of a sacrifice or of food): -tā,f. impurity; condition of a remnent; -ṃ nī, = almost entirely devour--aśana,n. easting of remnants. [ID=4311]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Left or rejected as food. 2. Left or abandoned.
1 Left, rejected as food; (i. e. spit out of the mouth, or orts, crumbs, fragments, &c.)
2 Left, abandoned.
E. उत् (ut) up, शिष (śiṣa) to leave as a residue, and क्त (kta) aff.
[ID=6627]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Left as food
उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa) [Printed book page 113-a] उच्छि_ष्ट (ucchi_ṣṭa)(ष्टः-ष्टा-ष्टं) ((ṣṭaḥ-ṣṭā-ṣṭaṃ))a. Left (as food.) [ID=6018]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Abandoned
उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa) [Printed book page 122-25] उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa)(I) a. (f. ष्टा (ṣṭā)) Abandoned. [ID=6041]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Left or rejected as food. 2. Left or abandoned.
उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa) [Printed book page 113-b] उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa)
mfn. (-ष्टः-ष्टा-ष्टं (-ṣṭaḥ-ṣṭā-ṣṭaṃ))
1. Left, rejected as food; (i. e. spit out of the mouth, or orts, crumbs, fragments, &c.)
2. Left, abandoned.
E. उत् (ut) up, शिष् (śiṣ) to leave as a residue, and क्त (kta) aff.
[ID=6625]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Left, rejected, or impure.
2. Leavings, especially of food.
उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa) [Printed book page 080] उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa)a. left, rejected, impure (pers. & th.). n. leavings, esp. of the sacrificial food; abstr.°ता (°tā)† f. [ID=5213]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Left. 2. Leavings, especially of food or a sacrifice.
उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa) [Printed book page 131-b] úcchiṣṭa,ppl. left; as n. leavings, esp. of a sacrifice or of food. [√śiṣ + ud.] [ID=776]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
1. Left, rejected, or stale.
2. Having the remains of food on the mouth or hands and considered impure.
3. Leavings, fragments, or remainder.
उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa) [Printed book page 0146-b] Uc-chiṣṭa, as, ā, am, left, rejected, stale; having the remains of food on the mouth or hands, one who has not washed his hands and mouth and there- fore is considered impure; (am), n. leavings, frag- ments, remainder (especially of a sacrifice or of food). —Ucchiṣṭa-kalpanā, f. a stale invention. —Uc-chiṣṭa-gaṇapati, is, m. (opposed to śuddha-ga-ṇapati), Gaṇeśa as worshipped by the Ucchiṣṭas or men who leave the remains of food in their mouth during prayer. —Ucchiṣṭa-tā, f. the being left, state of being a remnant or remainder. —Ucchiṣṭa-bho-jana, am, n. eating the leavings of another man; (as), m. one who eats another's leavings; the attendant upon an idol, whose food is the leavings of offerings. —Ucchiṣṭa-bhojin, ī, inī, i, or ucchiṣṭa- Page0146-c+ 73 bhoktṛ, tā, trī, tṛ, an eater of leavings, a mean person. —Ucchiṣṭa-modana, am, n. wax. —Ucchi-ṣṭānna (°ṭa-an°), as, ā, am, leavings, offal. [ID=10238]
Leavings, fragments, or remainder of food or sacrifice.
—ष्टं (ṣṭaṃ) 1 Leavings, fragments, remainder (especially of food or sacrifice); नोच्छिष्टं (ṣṭaṃ) कस्यचिद् (nocchiṣṭaṃ kasyacid)दद्यात् (dadyāt)Manusmṛti 2. 56 ; so द्विज (dvija)°, गृध्र° (°, gṛdhra°).
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Leavings or fragments, especially of food.
उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa)(II) n. Leavings, fragments. remainder (especially of food). [ID=6042]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Ritually Impure Person
2 definitions2
Impure due to having unwashed hands or food remnants in the mouth.
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. [ID=30415]
impure from not washing the mouth and hands after a meal
उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa) [Printed book page 0287-c] उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa)p. p. 4 (Used actively) One who has not washed his mouth and hands after meals, and hence considered impure; न चोच्छिष्टः क्वचिद् (na cocchiṣṭaḥ kvacid)व्रजेत् (vrajet)Manusmṛti 2. 56.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Specific Nouns/Entities (e.g., Honey, Goddess)
1 definition1
Honey
—ष्टं (ṣṭaṃ) 2 Honey.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.