Pipāsā (f.) [Desid. form. fr. pā, pibati>pipati, lit. desire to drink] 1. thirst Nd2 443 (=udaka -- pipāsā); Miln 318; VbhA 196 (in comparison); PvA 23, 33, 67 sq.; Sdhp 288. Often combd with khudā (hunger) e. g. Sn 52, 436 (khup˚); PvA 67; or jighacchā (id.), e. g. M i.10; S i.18; A ii.143, 153; Miln 304. -- 2. longing (for food), hunger J ii.319. -- 3. desire, craving, longing D iii.238 (avigata˚); S iii.7, 108, 190; iv.387; A ii.34 (pipāsavinaya; expld at Vism 293); iv.461 sq.