Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c37.199

v2.c37.199

Himavā, Himācala, Himavanta, etc.—The name given to the Himālaya. It is one of the seven mountain ranges surrounding Gandhamādana.¹ It is three hundred thousand leagues in extent,² with eighty-four thousand peaks, its highest peak being five hundred yojanas.³ In Himavā are seven great lakes, each fifty leagues in length, breadth and depth—Anotatta, Kaṇṇamuṇḍa, Rathakāra, Chaddanta, Kuṇāla, Mandākinī and Sīhappapātaka; these lakes are never heated by the sun.⁴ From Himavā flow five hundred rivers.⁵