Etymologically, the meaning of Ucchishta is anything leftover as a remainder, rejected or abandoned. The term Ucchishta has undergone severe changes in Hinduism. The word is derived from the root ‘sis’ preceded by the prefix ‘ut’, “meaning to leave as a remainder”, and followed by the suffix kta. Today in Hinduism, its conventional sense is widely used to denote the food left in the plate from which one has eaten, and, one who has not washed his hands and mouth after a meal and hence impure. The term plays an important role in religious contexts, bearing multidimensional senses like remainder of food, residue of sacrifice, unholy, impure, stale, an attribute of gods like Ucchishta Ganapati, and goddess like Ucchista Chandalini, a form of Goddess Matangi. Ucchishta As Germ Of Creation In Vedas In Vedic literature, ucchishta is praised as a residue of sacrifice in which the germ of worldly creation exists. The idea is found in the Atharva Veda in a complete hymn as a glori