Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c37.288
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c37.288
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**2. Hemavatā.**—A heretical sect in Jambudīpa.¹ They were so called because they lived on Mount Himavata.² They held that a Bodhisatta was not an ordinary mortal, that even a *tīrthaka* could have the five *abhiññā*, that the *puggala* is separate from the *khandhas*.³