Pāli Dictionary

pipāsa

pipāsrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

1drink

Synonyms

Antonyms


general

  • thirsty; craving to drink

  • MN 75

    so aparena samayena rūpānaṃ'y'eva samudayañ'ca atthaṅ'gamañ'ca assādañ'ca ādīnavañ'ca nissaraṇañ'ca yathābhūtaṃ viditvā rūpataṇhaṃ pahāya rūpapariḷāhaṃ paṭivinodetvā vigatapipāso ajjhattaṃ vūpasantacitto vihareyya.

  • craving alcohol; a drunkard, an alcoholic (extended sense of ‘thirsty’)

  • DN 17

    ye kho pan'ānanda, tena samayena kusāvatiyā rājadhāniyā dhuttā ahesuṃ soṇḍā pipāsā, te tāsaṃ tālapantīnaṃ vāt'eritānaṃ saddena paricāresuṃ.

pipāsā

approximate

pipāsastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

1drink

Synonyms

Antonyms


general

  • thirst (for)

  • AN 5.207

    pañc'ime, bhikkhave, ānisaṃsā yāguyā. katame pañca? khuddaṃ paṭihanati, pipāsaṃ paṭivineti, vātaṃ anulometi, vatthiṃ sodheti, ām'āvasesaṃ pāceti. ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ānisaṃsā yāguyā'ti.

  • SN 22.79

    kena ruppati? sītena'pi ruppati, uṇhena'pi ruppati, jighacchāya'pi ruppati, pipāsāya'pi ruppati, ḍaṃsa-makasa-vāt'ātapa-sarīsapa-samphassena'pi ruppati. ruppatī'ti kho, bhikkhave, tasmā rūpan'ti vuccati

Found an error in the dictionary?