long pepper SN.v.79; Ja.iii.85; Vv.43#6; Dhp-a.i.258 (˚guhā npl.); Dhp-a.iv.155.

with aspirate ph for p, as in Sk. pippalī, see Geiger, P.Gr. § 62. See also pippala. Etym. loan words are Gr. πέπε …

adjective sharp, bitter, acid, severe

1. severe, sharp (fig.), of dukkha, vedanā, kāmā, etc MN.i.10 = AN.ii.143; Ja.vi.115; Thig.451 (= Thag-a.281) SN-a.56
   ■ painful, terrible, frightful (-ap …

pepper Vin.i.201, cp. Vin. Texts ii.46.

for the usual P. pipphalī, Sk. pippalī

…by madhuraphala).

cp. Epic Sk. pippala, on ph for p see pipphalī