Himavat | |
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Personification of the Himalayas | |
Devanagari | हिमवत् |
Abode | Himalayas |
Genealogy | |
Parents | |
Siblings | Jambavan, Narada |
Consort | Menā |
Children | Ganga Parvati Mainaka Krauñja[1] |
Himavat (Sanskrit: हिमवत्, lit. 'frosty') is the personification of the Himalayan mountains in Hinduism. He is the guardian deity of the Himalayas, and finds mention in the epic Mahabharata and other Hindu scriptures.[2]