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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 Menaka, a nymph.
Sanskrit translates to "having much snow". Sanskrit "frost, snow" is cognate to Latin hiems "winter" from PIE .
References
- Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0-500-51088-1) by Anna Dallapiccola
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