[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.c37.205 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c37.205 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c37.205 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c37.205](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.205) In numerous Jātakas Himavā is mentioned as the place to which ascetics retire when they leave household life. It is full of woodlands and groves, suitable for hermits.⁶ In Himavā is a peak named Mahāpapāta where Paceka Buddhas die.⁷ Nāgas go to Himavā to give birth to their young.⁸ The mountain is often used in similes; it is then referred to as pabbatārājā.⁹ Sīvalī Thera once went there from Sāvatthi with five hundred others. The journey took them eight days.¹⁰ - [Previous: v2.c37.204](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.204) - [Next: v2.c37.206](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.206) - [Up: v2.c37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37) ## Linked texts (5) - [Bālapaṇḍitasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129.7.5) — Pāli - [Bhayasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.6.23.1.1) — Pāli - [Himavantasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.46.1.1.1) — Pāli - [Samuddasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.13.7.2.1) — Pāli - [Paṭhamapabbatūpamasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.56.59.1.1) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.205](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.205) · Pramāṇa