Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
adjective
cosmology
of/from the Himalayas; snowy; also used as a name for the Himalaya mountain range
Vv 20
sataṃ hemavatā nāgā, īsādantā urūḷhavā, suvaṇṇakacchā mātaṅgā, hemakappanavāsasā, etassācāmadānassa, kalaṃ n'āgghati soḷasiṃ.
Part of speech
noun · masculine
cosmology
Hemavata, name of a Yakkha chief, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need
Snp 1.9
kacci mano supaṇihito, (iti hemavato yakkho) sabbabhūtesu tādino, kacci iṭṭhe aniṭṭhe ca, saṅkappassa vasīkatā.
Part of speech
adjective
general
golden; adorned with gold
Encyclopedia
3 entries
Hemavata
PersonA yakkha chief to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need, present at the teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta, and a friend of Sātāgira.
A river, the setting of the Bhallātiya Jātaka.
A heretical sect in Jambudīpa, so named because its members lived on Mount Himavata, who held that a Bodhisatta is not an ordinary mortal, that even outsiders can possess the five higher knowledges, and that the individual is distinct from the aggregates.
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