उच्छिष्टucchiṣṭa

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.

Root
शिष् (śiṣ)
Etymology
E. उत् up, शिष to leave as a residue, and क्त aff
Definitions
20
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Meanings by context

Adjective: Leftover, Rejected, Stale

12 definitions
left, rejected, or stale

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Left as a remainder

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rejected, abandoned

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

stale

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Left over. 2. Ritually impure from leftover food. 3. A remnant or leavings.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Left or rejected as food. 2. Left or abandoned.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Left as food

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abandoned

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Left or rejected as food. 2. Left or abandoned.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Left, rejected, or impure. 2. Leavings, especially of food.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Left. 2. Leavings, especially of food or a sacrifice.

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.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Noun: Leavings, Remnants

5 definitions
spit out from the mouth

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

that which is spit out

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

leavings, fragments, or remainder, especially of a sacrifice or food

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Leavings, fragments, or remainder of food or sacrifice.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Leavings or fragments, especially of food.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ritually Impure Person

2 definitions
Impure due to having unwashed hands or food remnants in the mouth.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

impure from not washing the mouth and hands after a meal

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Specific Nouns/Entities (e.g., Honey, Goddess)

1 definition
Honey

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: 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.