Himavat
place · 2 works · 5 mentions · 9 anchored passages
Himālaya · Himāvat · the Himalaya · the snow-mountain
spoken of as
1 expressionHimavat / Himāvat1 mention
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
Beneficent to you be the Himāvat waters;
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The Himalayan mountain, invoked in the description of winter.
"Rich in frost by nature and now with the sun far away, the mountain Himavat lives up to its name — the snow-mountain — most manifestly.
There the monkeys saw roots and fruits born from the flowing of the sacrificial food — tasting like nectar in flavor.
Those who live on fruits and roots and dwell on Himavat — from among them thousands of crores arrived, numbering a thousand.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The Himavat (Himalaya) mountain range, named as the mythic place of origin from which the Kuṣṭha plant comes.
Where the boat alights, where is the summit of the Himavat — there is the fount of the immortal nectar;
Let the god Kuṣṭha, the protector, come hither from beyond the Himavat, destroying all fever and all sorcery-born afflictions.
Beneficent to you be the Himāvat waters;