[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.c37.288 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c37.288 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c37.288 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c37.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.288) \*\*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 - [Previous: v2.c37.287](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.287) - [Next: v2.c37.289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.289) - [Up: v2.c37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37) ## Linked texts (2) - [Dīpavaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.dipavamsa) — Pāli - [Mahāvaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.mahavamsa) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c37.288) · Pramāṇa