[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c37.199 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c37.199 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c37.199 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c37.199](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v2.c37.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.198) - [Next: v2.c37.200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.200) - [Up: v2.c37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37) ## Linked texts (2) - [Sattasūriyasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.66.4.1) — Pāli - [Milindapañha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.milindapanha) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.199](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.199) · Pramāṇa