anna lipsā

 anna‑lipsā in Sanskrit means “desire for food, appetite, hunger.”

Core meaning

• Annalipsā (अन्नलिप्सा) is a feminine noun meaning desire for food, appetite, or hunger

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• It is formed as a tatpuruṣa compound:
  • anna = food

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  • lipsā = desire, longing (from the verbal root √lip “to wish, to desire”)

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Lexical details

• Gender: feminine (f.)

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• Variants: annalipsā, anna‑lipsā (both equivalent)

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• Glosses in dictionaries:
  • “desire for food, appetite”

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  • “hunger, craving”

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Etymological sense

• anna in Sanskrit broadly means food, often grain or rice

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• lipsā is a standard Sanskrit term for desire, wish, longing

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• Together, anna‑lipsā literally means “the desire for food.”
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