Uchchishtaganapati Uchchishtachandalinyupasana Panchang
The opening of the Ucchishta Ganapati Panchanga: its table of contents and the nine-syllable mantra of Ucchishta Ganapati.
Verses
Section: Index. Part: Topics. Worship of Ucchista Ganapati.
1. Ucchista Ganapati Patalam. 1.1 Ritual Use of the Nine-Letter Ucchista Ganapati Mantra.
1.2 Ucchista Ganapati Nine-Letter Yantra. 1.3 Special Ritual Uses in the Rudrayamala Tantra.
1.4 Ritual Use of the Twelve-Letter Ucchista Ganesha Mantra.
1.5 Ritual Use of the Nineteen-Letter Ucchista Ganesha Mantra.
1.6 Ritual Use of the Thirty-Seven-Letter Ucchista Ganesha Mantra.
1.7 Alternative Forty-One-Letter Variation in Rudrayamala.
1.8 Thirty-Two-Letter Mantra Variation in Mantra Mahodadhi.
1.9 Thirty-One-Letter Mantra Variation. 2. Srimad Ucchista Ganapati Puja Paddhati.
3. Srimad Ucchista Ganapati Kavacham. 4. Srimad Ucchista Ganapati Sahasranama Stotram.
5. Srimad Ucchista Ganapati Stavarajah. Worship of Srimad Ucchista Chandalini.
Ucchista Chandalini Mantras. Ucchista Chandalini Chetakam.
Thus ends the index. Salutations to Lord Ganesha.
Verse 1
Now begins the Pancharatna of Srimad Ucchishta Ganapati.
Section 1: the Ucchishta Ganapati Patala. Here, first, the Srimad Ucchishta Ganapati Patala is begun.
Sri Mahadeva said: Utter the word hasti, then the word pishachi.
Then add the syllables indicated by devaraja with netra, and kanta joined with the vowel of Isha, and end with the wife of Agni, svaha.
This mantra, beginning with the pranava, grants every desire.
Some say that gam stands in the place of the pranava.
Verse 2
Section 1.1: Ritual Use of the Nine-Letter Ucchista Ganapati Mantra. The mantra is as follows: 'Hasti Pisachi Likhe Swaha'. This indeed is the nine-letter (Navarna) mantra.
Verse 3
Worship Guidelines & Chanting Benefits (Phalashruti)
Daily or auspicious lunar days (Ekadashi, Purnima, Pradosham)
Brahma Muhurta (4:00 AM – 6:00 AM) or Evening Dusk (Sandhya)
Ghee lamp (Deepa), Incense (Dhoopa), Fresh flowers & Water offering
- Peace of mind, spiritual upliftment, and harmonious energy in the home
Background
A panchanga is a text of five limbs. This one gathers five parts of the worship of Ucchishta Ganapati, a Tantric form of Ganesha: a patala or treatise on his mantras, a puja paddhati or ritual manual, a kavacha or protective hymn, a sahasranama or thousand-name hymn, and a stavaraja or royal hymn of praise. A last group of sections turns to the goddess Ucchishta Chandalini. This page carries the opening of the Sanskrit Documents edition: the table of contents, the first lines of the patala, and the nine-syllable mantra, which the text marks as taken from the Mantramahodadhi. The index also points to variants from the Rudrayamala Tantra, such as the mantras of 12, 19, 37 and 41 syllables in sections 1.4 to 1.7. Mantras of this kind are traditionally learned from a teacher, and this page offers the text for study and reverent reading.
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Five limbs and a goddess
The index lists the patala (section 1, with parts 1.1 to 1.9), the puja paddhati (2), the kavacha (3), the sahasranama (4) and the stavaraja (5). It then adds the worship of Ucchishta Chandalini, her mantras and a section called chetaka.
A mantra told in riddle
The patala opens with Mahadeva speaking. He describes the mantra in coded terms: say the word hasti, then pishachi, then the syllables indicated by devaraja and kanta joined with the vowels named in the verse, and end with svaha. The next section states the mantra plainly. The verse calls it the giver of all desires, and adds that some place gam where Om begins.
Nine syllables
Section 1.1 gives the mantra as Hasti Pishachi Likhe Svaha and calls it the navarna, the nine-syllable mantra. The syllables are ha, sti, pi, sha, chi, li, khe, sva and ha.
Seer, metre and deity
In the full text, the nine-syllable mantra has the sage Kankola, the metre Virat and the deity Ucchishta Ganapati. The nyasa that follows places its words on the fingers: hasti on the thumbs, pishachi on the index fingers, likhe on the middle fingers and svaha on the ring fingers.
The meditation image
The dhyana verse pictures him four-armed, red-bodied and three-eyed, holding noose, goad, a bowl of modaka sweets and his tusk, seated on a lotus and wild with delight. The word ucchishta itself means what is left over.
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