A 908 name in Mahāgaṇapati Sahasranama with commentary by Bhaskararaya describes to us Gaṇapati's favourite fire oblations.
- aṣṭadravyahaviḥpriyāya namaḥ ।
तिलेक्षुसक्तुचिपिटः कदल्यो मोदकास्तिलाः
नारिकेलघृताक्तानीत्यष्टद्रव्यहविप्रियः
tilekṣusaktucipiṭaḥ kadalyo modakāstilāḥ
nārikelaghṛtāktānītyaṣṭadravyahavipriyaḥ
One who is fond of the eight different things offered as oblations through the sacred sacrifice.
As per the commentator:
- ikṣu - sugarcane
- saktu – flour made of roasted grains
- cipiṭaḥ - flattened rice
- kadali - banana
- modakā – modaka sweet made with rice flour and jiggery
- tilāḥ - sesame seeds
- nārikela - coconut
- ghṛtāktānī – rice soaked in ghee.
- Modhaka (type of sweet)
- Pruthuka (beaten Rice)
- Lāja (parched rice grain)
- Sakthu (Flour)
- Ikshudanda (Sugarcane,)
- Nalikera (Coconut,)
- Thila (Jingely)
- Kadali phala, (Banana).
in some other texts:
- Coconuts,
- Molasses
- Sesame Oil
- Sugarcane
- Lemon
- Rice flakes
- Banana
- Rice.
- Dried coconut,
- puffed rice,
- jaggery,
- banana (kadali plantain),
- honey,
- sesame,
- sugarcane and
- fried paddy of rice.
Source: Koushik K. Ganesha Sahasranama - Thousand Names of Ganesha: Translated Based on Bhaskara Raya Makhin's Khadyota Bhashya
