The Sanskrit term Ucchiṣṭagaṇapati can be transliterated into English as Ucchistaganapati or Ucchishtaganapati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Uchchhishtaganapati.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ucchiṣṭagaṇapati (उच्छिष्टगणपति).—(or gaṇeśaḥ) (opposed to śuddha gaṇapati) Gaṇesa as worshipped by the उच्छिष्ट (ucchiṣṭa)s (or men who leave the remains of their food in their mouth during prayer).

Derivable forms: ucchiṣṭagaṇapatiḥ (उच्छिष्टगणपतिः).

Ucchiṣṭagaṇapati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ucchiṣṭa and gaṇapati (गणपति).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ucchiṣṭagaṇapati (उच्छिष्टगणपति):—[=uc-chiṣṭa-gaṇapati] [from uc-chiṣṭa > uc-chiṣ] m. (opposed to śuddha-gaṇapati), Gaṇeśa as worshipped by the Ucchiṣṭas (or men who leave the remains of food in their mouth during prayer), [Tantrasāra etc.]

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Ucchishtaganapati in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Ucchishta, Ganapati.

Starts with: Ucchishtaganapatijapavidhi, Ucchishtaganapatipancanga, Ucchishtaganapatipuja.

Full-text: Shuddhaganapati, Ucchishta.

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