Himavat

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Himavat
Himavat () is the Hindu God of snow, a personification of the Himalayan mountains. Himavat fathered the more prominent Parvati and Ganga, wife of Shiva and river goddess respectively. He is bethrothed to Mena, a nymph. Sanskrit translates to "having much snow". Sanskrit "frost, snow" is cognate to Latin hiems "winter" from PIE .
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Himavat
[Other] The Indian personification of the Himalayas, and a mountain god. He is the husband of the nymph Mena (one of the Apsaras). With her, he is the father of Parvati and Ganga. His name is Sanskrit for "snow top".


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Himavat
Himavat, Himavan (Sanskrit) The snowy; a name of the Himalaya range, especially the personified aspect, mythologically considered as the husband of Mena or Menaka, whose eldest daughter was Himavatsuta -- the Ganges. Also used as an adjective, snow-clad. The mountain range is known as Himavan-mekhala (the snowy mountain belt or girdle). In the esoteric commentaries on the Book of Dzyan this chain of mountains is represented as a belt that encircles the earth -- whether above or below water (SD 2:401).


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